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EXHIBIT 10.7.8

WESTAFF, INC.

NOTICE OF GRANT OF NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTOR
AUTOMATIC STOCK OPTION

        Notice is hereby given of the following option grant (the "Option") to
purchase shares of the Common Stock of Westaff, Inc. (the "Corporation"):

  Optionee:    
 
Grant Date:
 
 
 
Exercise Price: $                     per share
 
Number of Shares:                      shares
 
Expiration Date:
 
Type of Option: Non-Statutory Stock Option
 
Exercise Schedule: The Option shall become fully exercisable for the Shares upon
Optionee's completion of one (1) year of service (measured from the Grant Date)
as a member of the Corporation's Board of Directors (the "Board"), unless
otherwise accelerated in accordance with the Automatic Stock Option Agreement in
the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the "Agreement"). In no event shall the
Option become exercisable for any additional Shares after Optionee's cessation
of service to the Corporation.

        Optionee understands and agrees that the Option is granted subject to
and in accordance with the terms of the automatic option grant program under the
Westaff, Inc. 1996 Stock Option/Stock Issuance Plan (the "Plan"). Optionee
further agrees to be bound by the terms of the Plan and the Agreement.

        Optionee hereby acknowledges receipt of a copy of the official
prospectus for the Plan in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B. A copy of the
Plan is available upon request made to the Corporate Secretary at the
Corporation's principal offices.

        Definitions. All capitalized terms in this Notice shall have the meaning
assigned to them in this Notice or in the Agreement.

        No Impairment of Rights. Nothing in this Notice, the Agreement or the
Plan shall interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the
Corporation and the Corporation's stockholders to remove Optionee from the Board
at any time in accordance with the provisions of applicable law.

Dated as of                    

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                    WESTAFF, INC.    
 
 
 
 
By:
 
 
 
             

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  , OPTIONEE

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