VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.4(a)
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THOMAS DALEY

                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

Social Security No. __________________________   Employee's Dept I.D.___________

This Employment Agreement  ("Agreement")  between Volt Information Sciences Inc.
(hereinafter the "Company") and Tom Daley (hereinafter  called "Employee") shall
be effective  commencing with the Company's fiscal year 2004. Whereas,  Employee
is and at all times has been  employed by the Company  pursuant to the following
terms  and  conditions  and for good  and  valuable  consideration  acknowledged
herein,  as an officer and employee of the Company,  the parties hereby agree as
follows:

1.   AT-WILL  EMPLOYMENT.  The Company and Employee agree that  employment is at
     all  times  "at-will"  continuing  for an  indefinite  period,  subject  to
     termination  at any time by either  Employee or the Company for any reason,
     with or without cause, by giving notice to the other,  and employment shall
     terminate upon the giving of such notice.  For purposes of this  Agreement,
     the period during which  Employee  works for the Company will be called the
     "Term of  Employment".  The  parties  understand  and  agree  that  nothing
     contained  in this  Agreement  is  intended  to  constitute  a contract  of
     continued  employment.  Either  party may  cancel or  terminate  Employee's
     employment  at any  time,  for any  reason,  with  or  without  cause.  Any
     amendment,  modification or variation in terms of this paragraph must be in
     writing and signed on behalf of the Company by its  President  or Executive
     Vice President; no other officer or employee is authorized to amend, modify
     or vary this paragraph.

2.   SCOPE OF EMPLOYMENT. As of the effective date of this Agreement, during the
     Term of  Employment,  Employee will serve as a Senior Vice President of the
     Company,       with       certain       responsibilities       for      the
     subsidiaries/divisions/segments/departments   set  forth  in  Attachment  I
     affixed  hereto  (hereinafter   collectively  referred  to  as  "Employee's
     Corporate  Dominion"),  which are  designated  by the Company  departmental
     identification  number(s).  The Company's job  description  for  Employee's
     position may be modified  from time to time,  as designated by the Company,
     at the Company's sole discretion.  The Company may change Employee's title,
     duties,  location of work  and/or  responsibilities  at any time.  Employee
     agrees to devote  Employee's  full time  services to the best of Employee's
     ability,  using  Employee's  best  efforts,  to promote the  interests  and
     business of the Company. Employee agrees to comply with all rules, policies
     and procedures of the Company and Employee agrees not to engage in any type
     of activity which is or may be contrary to the welfare, interests, business
     or benefit of the Company or the  business  conducted by the Company now or
     in the future.  Employee further understands and agrees that a condition of
     Employee's  employment is to meet  performance  goals as established by the
     Company. These performance goals may be adjusted by the Company, in writing
     to Employee, from time to time.

     Employee  represents  and  warrants  that  there are no written or oral
     contracts or any other  impediment  which would inhibit or prohibit the
     employment  herein provided for, and that Employee will not utilize any
     trade secret,  confidential information, or other intellectual property
     right  of  another  party  in  the  performance  of  Employee's  duties
     hereunder.

3.   COMPENSATION. In consideration for all services to be performed hereinafter
     the effective date of this Agreement by Employee during  Employee's Term of
     Employment,  and provided that Employee has acted, and continues to act, in
     accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Agreement  and  the  Company's
     policies, Employee's employment compensation shall be as follows:

A.   SALARY - The  Company  will pay  Employee a salary at a rate of two hundred
     fifty thousand dollars and no cents ($250,000.00) per annum, which is to be
     paid to  Employee  on a  weekly  basis,  plus  increases,  if  any,  at the
     Company's  sole  discretion.  Employee's  compensation  may be altered  and
     revised in writing by the Company  without  affecting  the remainder of the
     Agreement covenants, all of which shall remain in full force and effect.


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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.4(a)

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THOMAS DALEY--Continued

B.   INCENTIVES - In addition to the salary paid by the Company, Employee may be
     eligible  to  receive  incentive  compensation,  if  any,  pursuant  to the
     Company's then current Incentive Plan, in effect at the time for Employee's
     position,  (hereinafter the "Incentive  Plan"),  set forth below, which the
     Company may modify, alter, replace,  change or amend, at the Company's sole
     discretion, on at least fifteen (15) days prior written notice to Employee.

                  (i)Employee shall be entitled to be paid quarterly incentives,
         based  on  the  aggregate   profit  and  loss   statements   for  those
         subsidiaries/divisions/segments/departments   in  Employee's  Corporate
         Dominion,  which the  Company  may modify,  alter,  replace,  change or
         amend, at the Company's sole  discretion,  at .27% of the aggregate net
         income for Employee's  Corporate Dominion per fiscal quarter,  pursuant
         to the  Incentive  Plan,  (hereinafter  "Incentives").  Net  Income  is
         calculated in accordance with generally accepted accounting  principles
         and Incentives shall be computed consistent with the Company's standard
         accounting methods and procedures,  pursuant to the following Incentive
         Plan formula:

                  [Total  aggregate  fiscal  quarterly  Sales for each and every
                  subsidiary/division/segment/department in Employee's Corporate
                  Dominion  {minus}  Total Direct  Costs = Gross Margin  {minus}
                  Overhead  Costs  {minus}  Local  and  Corporate   General  and
                  Administrative  Expenses {plus} Work Opportunity Tax Credit] =
                  Net Income {multiply} .0027 (or .27%) = Incentives.

                  (ii)Incentives are computed from the profit and loss statement
         calculation     of    Net     Income     for     each     and     every
         subsidiary/division/segment/department    in    Employee's    Corporate
         Dominion,  which may be either a positive or negative amount.  Employee
         is entitled to receive an aggregate of the Incentives  earned which are
         debited or credited in a consolidated profit and loss statement for the
         fiscal quarter for all  subsidiaries/divisions/segments/departments  in
         Employee's   Corporate  Dominion.   Aggregate  Net  Income  losses  for
         Employee's  Corporate  Dominion shall carry forward in the computations
         from the first to the second fiscal quarter and the third to the fourth
         fiscal quarter, for purposes of determining the aggregate Incentives to
         which Employee is entitled for these fiscal quarters.

                  (iii)Incentives   shall  be  accrued   and  paid  to  Employee
         quarterly pursuant to the Incentive Plan. Incentive payments will cease
         as of the final quarter of employment  termination  and will be paid to
         Employee only through the last full fiscal quarter  actually  worked by
         Employee prior to Employee's  employment  termination from the Company.
         Incentive payments for the first three fiscal quarters of the Company's
         fiscal year shall be paid to  Employee  approximately  forty-five  (45)
         days  following  the close of the  fiscal  quarter  and for the  fourth
         quarter  an  estimated  ninety  (90) days after the close of the fiscal
         year.

C.   YEAR END  IMPROVEMENT  BONUS - In  addition  to the salary  and  Incentives
     compensation  set forth  above,  Employee may be eligible to receive a Year
     End  Improvement  Bonus,  if any,  pursuant to the  Company's  then current
     Fiscal  Year  End  Improvement  Bonus  Plan,  in  effect  at the  time  and
     applicable for Employee's  position  (hereinafter  the  "Improvement  Bonus
     Plan"). The Company may modify, alter, replace,  change or amend, from time
     to time,  at the  Company's  sole  discretion,  on fifteen  (15) days prior
     written notice to Employee.

                  (i)Employee  shall be eligible to be paid an Improvement Bonus
         pursuant to this section,  based upon the increase of the aggregate Net
         Income   for   all    subsidiaries/divisions/segments/departments    in
         Employee's  Corporate  Dominion  for  the  Company's  fiscal  year,  as
         compared with that of the immediately preceding Company Fiscal Year for
         the same  subsidiaries/divisions/segments/departments.  For purposes of
         determining the Improvement  Bonus,  the Company Fiscal Year Net Income
         for Employee's  Corporate  Dominion shall be comprised of the aggregate
         monthly       Net       Incomes       for      each      and      every
         subsidiary/division/segment/department   identified   on  Attachment  I
         during  the  Current   Company   Fiscal  Year,  as  compared  with  the
         immediately    preceding    Company    Fiscal   Year   for   the   same
         subsidiaries/divisions/segments/departments.   At  the  Company's  sole
         discretion,


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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.4(a)

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THOMAS DALEY--Continued

         subsidiaries/divisions/segments/departments  can be added to or removed
         from  Employee's  Corporate  Dominion.  Net Income for added or removed
         subsidiaries/divisions/segments/departments  will be included  into the
         aggregate  Current  Company  Fiscal  Year  Net  Income  for  Employee's
         Corporate  Dominion  only for those  fiscal  months that each  remained
         designated in Employee's Corporate Dominion and compared to the monthly
         Net Income for the  corresponding  fiscal time  period of the  previous
         year for said subsidiaries/divisions/segments/departments.

                  (ii)If  Current  Company Fiscal Year Net Income for Employee's
         Corporate  Dominion is a positive  number,  and  exceeds the  preceding
         Company  Fiscal Year's  aggregate Net Income for  Employee's  Corporate
         Dominion, by five percent (5%) or more, then Employee shall be entitled
         to  one  percent  (1%)  of  the  Net  Income  improvement  (hereinafter
         "Improvement  Bonus" or  "Bonus").  The Net Income  Difference  and Net
         Income  Differential  (hereinafter  defined  below) are  calculated  in
         accordance  with  generally  accepted  accounting  principles  and  the
         Improvement  Bonus  shall be  computed  consistent  with the  Company's
         standard  accounting methods and procedures,  pursuant to the following
         Improvement Bonus Plan step formula:

         Step 1: For each and  every  subsidiary/division/segment/department  in
         Employee's  Corporate  Dominion during the Current Company Fiscal Year,
         total     all     fiscal     month     Net     Incomes     for     such
         subsidiaries/divisions/segments/departments  for  the  Current  Company
         Fiscal Year, which will then equal the Current Fiscal Year Dominion Net
         Income;
         Step 2:  Total all  fiscal  month Net  Incomes  for these same
         subsidiaries/divisions/segments/departments,   from   the   immediately
         preceding  Company Fiscal Year for the same fiscal months identified in
         Step 1 above,  which will then equal the Preceding Fiscal Year Dominion
         Net Income;
         Step 3:  Subtract the  Preceding  Fiscal Year Dominion Net
         Income from the Current  Fiscal Year  Dominion  Net Income = Net Income
         Difference;
         Step 4: Net Income  Difference  {minus}  [Preceding Fiscal
         Year  Dominion  Net  Income   {multiply}.05   (or  5%)]  =  Net  Income
         Differential;
         Step 5: Net Income Differential {multiply} .01 (or 1%) =
         Improvement Bonus.

         For example,  if the Current Company Fiscal Year Dominion Net Income is
         $750,000,  minus the Preceding  Company Fiscal Year Dominion Net Income
         of $500,000,  this equals a difference of $250,000;  then minus $25,000
         (which is 5% of $500,000 for the Preceding Company Fiscal Year Dominion
         Net Income),  which equals  $225,000,  and then  multiply by 1%, equals
         $2,250.00.
                   Or;
         For another  example,  if the Current  Company Fiscal Year Dominion Net
         Income is $100,000,  minus the Preceding  Company  Fiscal Year Dominion
         Net Income of (-$50,000),  this equals a difference of $150,000,  minus
         (-$2,500),  (which is 5% of (-$50,000) for the Preceding Company Fiscal
         Year Dominion Net Income),  which equals $147,500, and then multiply by
         1%, equals $1,475.00.

                  (iii)  Employee  shall be eligible to receive the  Improvement
         Bonus only through the last full Company Fiscal Year actually worked by
         Employee in the applicable  title/position  identified herein, prior to
         Employee's  employment  termination  from the Company.  The Improvement
         Bonus shall be based upon the Net Income from the final Company  Fiscal
         Year profit and loss statements for Employee's Corporate Dominion.  The
         Improvement  Bonus shall only be considered  earned by Employee  during
         Employee's Term of Employment and is payable to Employee  approximately
         an  estimated  ninety (90) days after the close of the  Company  Fiscal
         Year.

D. INCENTIVE AND IMPROVEMENT BONUS PLANS (the "Plans") CONDITIONS

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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.4(a)
EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THOMAS DALEY--Continued

                  (i)Incentives/Bonuses  are a form of  additional  compensation
         payable only during the  Employee's  Term of Employment by the Company.
         Employee's  eligibility for and right to receive Incentives and Bonuses
         are strictly  conditioned on Employee's  continued  employment with the
         Company and  actually  performing  services  for the  Company,  for the
         entire applicable fiscal quarter or year,  respectively,  including but
         not  limited to  servicing  of  accounts,  maintaining  ongoing  client
         contacts,  assisting  with the  collection  of customer  account  sales
         revenues,  expanding  business  opportunities,  increasing usage of the
         Company's  employees  and services,  securing new  business,  and other
         similar services.

                  (ii)The  administration of the Incentive and Improvement Bonus
         Plans, including all interpretations thereof, are the responsibility of
         the Company's Chief Financial Officer, subject to the final approval of
         the Company's  Executive Vice  President.  The Company's  determination
         regarding Incentives shall be final and binding on the parties hereto.

                  (iii)Any  dispute as to sales  allocations  or  assessment  of
         costs  for  purposes  of  Incentives/Bonuses  shall be  brought  to the
         attention of the Company's Chief  Financial  Officer for resolution and
         shall be decided  by the  Company's  Executive  Vice  President,  whose
         decision shall be final and binding.

                  (iv)The  Company  does not  authorize  anyone  to make an oral
         promise or oral agreement as to Incentives/Bonuses  and no employee may
         rely on any oral  agreement  or  representation  by  anyone as to their
         Incentives/Bonuses  compensation.  Employee's  compensation may only be
         altered and revised in writing by the Company,  signed by the President
         or  Executive  Vice  President of the Company,  without  affecting  the
         remainder of the Agreement covenants, all of which shall remain in full
         force and effect.

                  (v) It  shall  be  Employee's  responsibility  to  review  the
         Company's  accounting reports related to the Incentives and/or Bonuses.
         Should Employee  dispute the sales  allocations or assessment of costs,
         for purposes of  Bonuses/Incentives  (for  example,  customer  sales or
         deductions are  erroneously  omitted or included or Employee  disagrees
         with the  assessment of costs or for any other  reason),  Employee must
         notify the Company's Chief Financial  Officer,  in writing,  within one
         hundred   twenty  (120)  days   following   the  close  of  the  fiscal
         quarter/year  in  question,  as to the  specifics  of any  discrepancy,
         Incentives/Bonuses  dispute or  adjustment  of the sales  allocation or
         assessment of costs,  such that the data used for the  calculations for
         Incentives  or Bonuses may be properly and timely  credited or debited.
         Employee's   entitlement   to  any   and   all   disputed   or   unpaid
         Incentives/Bonuses, is expressly conditioned upon Employee's compliance
         with the terms of this paragraph.

E.   If Employee  remains in the employ of the Company after the effective  date
     of any alteration, revision or change in Employee's compensation, including
     but not limited to  modifications  to the  Incentive or  Improvement  Bonus
     Plans, Employee shall conclusively be deemed to have accepted and agreed to
     such modified terms and conditions for Employee's employment  compensation.
     All other terms and conditions of the Agreement  shall remain in full force
     and effect.

F.   During Employee's Term of Employment, Employee shall be entitled to the use
     of a  company  owned  car,  which  is at all  times at the  Company's  sole
     discretion.

G.   Employee will receive such other benefits  regularly  provided to similarly
     situated employees of the Company,  commensurate with Employee's  position,
     pursuant  to  standard  Company  policy,  which is subject to change by the
     Company at any time, in its sole discretion.

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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.4(a)

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THOMAS DALEY--Continued

H.   All Employee  compensation  payments will be subject to such  deductions by
     the  Company as the Company is from time to time  permitted  or required to
     make pursuant to law, government regulations or order, or by agreement with
     Employee.  Such payments may be made by check or checks of the Company,  or
     any of its parents,  subsidiaries  or  affiliates  as the Company may, from
     time to time, find proper and appropriate.

4.   NON-DISCLOSURE.  Employee  agrees  that at no time  will  Employee  use for
     Employee's own benefit nor directly or indirectly  make known or divulge to
     any other person,  firm or  corporation,  any  confidential  information or
     trade  secret of the Company (as  defined by any and all  applicable  trade
     secrets acts or comparable  laws),  or of any of the  Company's  customers,
     including but not limited to:

     (a)  The names and  addresses  of any of the  customers  or  patrons of the
          Company  (whether  such  customers  or patrons  have been  obtained by
          Employee or otherwise),  customer lists,  customer contacts,  customer
          requirements and markup rates and/or pricing ; or

     (b)  Any  information   concerning  the  Company's  methods  of  conducting
          business,  obtaining  customers,  proposal  preparation  or content or
          Company operations; or

     (c)  The names, addresses,  telephone numbers, skills, duties,  performance
          evaluations or compensation of any Employees of the Company; or

     (d)  Any other  confidential  information or trade secret of the Company or
          any of the Company's customers, learned or acquired by Employee during
          the Term of Employment.

5.   RETURN OF PROPERTY.  The original  and all copies of all  software,  files,
     records, drawings, specifications,  customer and/or employee contacts/lists
     and other documents of any nature whatsoever,  whether prepared by Employee
     or  otherwise  coming  into  Employee's  possession  while  employed by the
     Company, are and shall remain the exclusive property of the Company and may
     not be used except as required in the course of  employment by the Company.
     On termination of Employee's  employment,  and regardless of the reason for
     termination,  Employee will  immediately  return to the Company any and all
     Company  property and all other  material  which  Employee was given or had
     access to during the Term of Employment.

6.   WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.  Employee  and the Company each hereby agree to waive
     our  respective  right to trial by jury in any  lawsuit  or cause of action
     between Employee and the Company and/or the Company's other employees.

7.   AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE DISPUTES. Any dispute,  controversy or claim arising
     out of,  involving,  affecting or related to this  Agreement,  or breach of
     this Agreement,  or arising out of, involving,  affecting or related in any
     way  to  Employee's  employment  or the  conditions  of  employment  or the
     termination  of  Employee's  employment,   including  but  not  limited  to
     disputes,  controversies or claims arising out of or related to the actions
     of the Company's other employees,  under Federal,  State and/or local laws,
     and/or other such similar laws or  regulations,  shall be resolved by final
     and  binding  arbitration,  pursuant  to the  Federal  Arbitration  Act, in
     accordance   with  the  applicable   rules  of  the  American   Arbitration
     Association  in the state  where  Employee  is or was last  employed by the
     Company.  The arbitrator shall be entitled to award  reasonable  attorney's
     fees and costs to the  prevailing  party.  The award  shall be in  writing,
     signed by the  arbitrator,  and shall  provide  the  reasons for the award.
     Judgment  upon the  arbitrator's  award may be filed in and enforced by any
     court having  jurisdiction.  This Agreement to Arbitrate  Disputes does not
     prevent  Employee  from  filing a charge  or  claim  with any  governmental
     administrative agency as permitted by applicable law.

8.   INVENTIONS.  As between Employee and the Company,  all discoveries,  ideas,
     creations,  inventions and properties  (collectively called  "Discoveries")
     written  or oral  which are (a)  created,  developed,  invented  or used by
     Employee  during  Employee's  Term of  Employment,  whether or not created,
     conceived, discovered and/or developed by

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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.4(a)

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THOMAS DALEY--Continued

         Employee  during  regular  working  hours;  or which  are (b)  created,
         developed,  invented,  or  used  by  the  Company,  whether  or  not in
         connection with Employee's  employment by the Company, will be the sole
         and  absolute  property  of  the  Company  for  any  and  all  purposes
         whatsoever,  in perpetuity.  Employee will not have, and will not claim
         to have, any right,  title or interest of any kind of nature whatsoever
         in or to any such Discoveries.

         The previous  paragraph does not apply to any  Discoveries for which no
         equipment,  supplies,  facility  or  trade  secret  information  of the
         Company or any  customer was used and which was  developed  entirely on
         Employee's  own time,  and (i) which does not relate to the business of
         the Company or to the  Company's or customer's  actual or  demonstrably
         anticipated research or development; or (ii) which does not result from
         any work performed for the Company and its customers.  Employee further
         agrees  that  during  the  Term of  Employment,  all  inventions  being
         developed by Employee shall be identified to the Company.  Upon request
         by the  Company,  Employee  will  disclose  any such  invention  to the
         Company  (by  a  full  and  clear   description)  for  the  purpose  of
         determining the Company's rights therein.

9.   COVENANT NOT TO SOLICIT/COMPETE. Employee acknowledges that the Company has
     made and will continue to make significant investments in order to maintain
     and  develop  its  business,  and that in order to  enable  Employee  to do
     Employee's job better,  the Company will disclose to Employee  confidential
     information   concerning  its  techniques  and  methods  of  obtaining  and
     servicing its customers and pricing information,  and specific needs of its
     customers,  and that the Company will extend to Employee the opportunity to
     develop  personal  contacts  with  its  present  and  potential  customers.
     Employee  further  acknowledges  that the methods employed in the Company's
     business  are such that  place  Employee  in close  business  and  personal
     contact  with  the  Company's  customers.   Accordingly,  unless  otherwise
     prohibited by law, Employee agrees as follows:

     (a)  During the Term of Employment Employee will not directly or indirectly
          engage  in a  business  which  is  similar  to the  type  of  business
          conducted by the Company or competes  with the Company,  or any of its
          parents, or its or their subsidiaries or affiliates in any way.

     (b)  In those  states which will enforce  covenants  not to compete,  for a
          period of one (1) year after the Term of Employment  ends  (regardless
          of the reason that Employee's  employment  terminates),  Employee will
          not,  directly  or  indirectly,  either for  Employee or for any other
          person, firm, company, or corporation, engage in a business similar to
          the type of business  conducted by the Company,  nor competes with the
          Company, (i) within a radius of fifty (50) miles from the last Company
          office at which Employee was last employed; or (ii) within a radius of
          fifty (50) miles from each of the Company  offices over which Employee
          had  managerial  and/or  administrative  responsibilities  at any time
          during the one (1) year  period  prior to  Employee's  termination  of
          employment with the Company, whichever is greater.

     (c)  For the one (1)  year  period  after  the  termination  of the Term of
          Employment,  (and regardless of the reason that Employee's  employment
          terminates),  Employee will not,  directly or  indirectly,  either for
          Employee or for any other person, firm, company or corporation;

     (1)  Call upon, solicit, divert, or take away or attempt to solicit, divert
          or take away any of the customers, business or patrons of the Company;
          or

     (2)  Call upon,  solicit or attempt to solicit  business  from any  person,
          firm,  company or corporation  which has communicated with or has been
          solicited  by the Company  during the one (1) year period prior to the
          termination of the Term of Employment; or

     (3)  Hire or employ any  employee of the  Company,  nor advise,  solicit or
          encourage any employees of the Company to leave its employ.

     (d)  In addition, Employee agrees that Employee will not at any time during
          or after the  termination  of this  Agreement,engage  in any  business
          which uses as its name,  in whole or in part,  the name  "Volt" or any
          other name used by the Company during the Term of Employment.

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                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.4(a)

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THOMAS DALEY--Continued

     (e)  For purposes of Paragraphs 9(a), 9(b), 9(c) and 9(d), Employee will be
          deemed to be engaged in a business  if Employee  participates  in such
          business  as  proprietor,   partner,   joint  venturer,   stockholder,
          director, officer, lender, manager, employee,  consultant,  advisor or
          agent,  or if in any way Employee  controls  such  business.  However,
          Employee will not be deemed a stockholder  or lender if Employee holds
          less than five percent (5%) of the  outstanding  equity or debt of any
          publicly-owned  corporation engaged in the same or similar business as
          that of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, provided
          Employee  is  not  in  a  control   position   with  respect  to  such
          corporation.

10.  INVALIDITY  AND  SEVERABILITY.  If any provision of this  Agreement is held
     invalid or  unenforceable,  such invalidity or  unenforceability  shall not
     affect the other  provisions  of this  Agreement,  and to the  extent,  the
     provisions  of this  Agreement  are  intended  to be and  shall  be  deemed
     severable.  In particular and without limiting the foregoing  sentence,  in
     the event any provision of Paragraph 9 of this  Agreement  shall be held to
     be invalid or  unenforceable  by reason of geographic or business  scope or
     the duration thereof, such invalidity or unenforceability  shall not attach
     to any other  provisions  of  Paragraph  9 or any other  paragraph  of this
     Agreement, and this Agreement and any such provisions shall be construed as
     if the geographic or business scope or the duration of such  provisions had
     been more  narrowly  drawn so as not to be  invalid or  unenforceable.  The
     covenants  contained in Paragraphs 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 , and 9 shall be construed
     as an Agreement  independent of any other provision of this Agreement,  and
     any  claim or cause of  action  by  Employee,  whether  predicated  on this
     Agreement or otherwise,  shall not constitute a defense to the  enforcement
     by the Company of such covenants.

11.  INJUNCTIVE  RELIEF.  The parties hereto recognize that  irreparable  damage
     will result to the Company,  its business and  properties if Employee fails
     or refuses to perform Employee's obligations under this Agreement, and that
     the  remedy at law for any such  failure  of  refusal  will be  inadequate.
     Accordingly,  in addition  to any other  remedies  and  damages  available,
     including the provision  contained in Paragraph 7 for arbitration  (none of
     which remedies or damages is hereby waived),  the Company shall be entitled
     to injunctive relief and Employee may be specifically  compelled to perform
     Employee's  obligations  under  this  Agreement.   The  institution  of  an
     arbitration  proceeding  shall not bar injunctive  relief pending the final
     determination of the arbitration proceedings hereunder.

12.  APPLICABLE  LAW.  This  Agreement  is to be  governed by and  construed  in
     accordance  with the  internal  laws of the State where  Employee  was last
     employed by the Company.

13.  ASSIGNMENT.  This Agreement may be assigned by the Company.  This Agreement
     may not be assigned by Employee.

14.  FURTHER  INSTRUMENTS.  Employee  will  execute  and  deliver all such other
     further  instruments  and documents as may be necessary,  in the opinion of
     the  Company,  to carry out the  purposes of this  Agreement or to confirm,
     assign or convey to the  Company the  discoveries,  ideas,  inventions,  or
     properties  referred to in Paragraph 8 hereof,  including  the execution of
     all  patent,   copyright,   trademark  or  trade  name   applications   and
     assignments.

15.  WAIVER OF BREACH.  Waiver by either  party of a breach of any  provision of
     this  Agreement  by the other shall not operate or be construed as a waiver
     of any  subsequent  breach by such other party except to the extent that if
     Employee  remains in the employ of the Company after the effective  date of
     any  alteration,  revision or change in  Employee's  position,  duties,  or
     compensation,  Employee shall  conclusively  be deemed to have accepted and
     agreed to such modified terms for Employee's employment.


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VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.4(a)

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THOMAS DALEY--Continued

16.  ENTIRE  AGREEMENT.  This  instrument  contains the entire  agreement of the
     parties as to the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement may not be changed
     orally,  but only by an agreement in writing,  signed by the party  against
     whom  enforcement  of  any  waiver,  change,  modification,   extension  or
     discharge is sought.


I /WE  CERTIFY  THAT  I/WE  HAVE  READ THE  ABOVE  AND  AGREE TO ALL  TERMS  AND
CONDITIONS OF THIS EMPLOYMENT  AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE COMMENCING WITH THE COMPANY'S
FISCAL YEAR 2004.


VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC.                              EMPLOYEE: TOM DALEY

By: ___________________________________          Signature: ____________________

Title: _________________________________


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VOLT INFORMATION SCIENCES, INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
                                                                 EXHIBIT 10.4(a)

EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE COMPANY AND THOMAS DALEY--Continued



                          EMPLOYEE'S CORPORATE DOMINION


a) Volt Telecommunications Group Inc. - United States, West Region only

b) Volt Services Group, a division of Volt Management Corp.

c) Volt Services Group, a division of Volt Technical Resources LLC

d) VMC Consulting Inc. - United States; Canada; and Internationally

e) Shaw & Shaw Inc. - United States

f) Fidelity National Credit Services Ltd.

g) ProcureStaff Inc. - United States and International

















Attachment "I" to Employment  Agreement for Tom Daley effective  commencing with
the Company's fiscal year 2004.




                                                     Employee's Initials _______