EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT
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         THIS EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as
of February 14, 2000, by and between OutSource International, Inc., a Florida
corporation (the "Company"), and Jon H. Peterson ("Employee").

         WHEREAS, the Company, through its Board of Directors, desires to retain
the services of Employee, and Employee desires to be retained by the Company, on
the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;

         NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual
covenants and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

         1. Employment. The Company hereby employs Employee, and Employee hereby
accepts employment, as Vice President of Finance and Treasurer, the terms
subject to this Agreement.

         2. Term. The term ("Term") of this Agreement shall commence on February
14, 2000 and shall continue until terminated in accordance with the terms
hereof.

         3. Duties. During his employment hereunder, Employee will serve as the
Vice President of Finance and Treasurer. Employee shall report directly to the
Chief Financial Officer of the Company and shall serve at his direction.
Employee shall perform services as assigned by the Chief Financial Officer of
the Company consistent with the title of Vice President of Finance and
Treasurer. Employee shall diligently perform such duties and shall devote his
entire business skill, time and effort to his employment and his duties
hereunder and shall not during the Term, directly or indirectly, alone or as a
member of a partnership, or as an officer, director, employee or agent of any
other person, firm or business organization engage in any other business
activities or pursuits requiring his personal service that materially conflict
with his duties hereunder or the diligent performance of such duties. This shall
not, however, preclude Employee from serving on boards of directors of other
corporations; provided that such service does not conflict with the duties of
Employee hereunder or result in a conflict of interest.

         4. Compensation.

         a. Salary. During his employment hereunder, Employee shall be paid an
initial salary of $140,000 per year, payable in equal installments not less than
monthly ("Base Salary"). The Employee's Base Salary shall be reviewed at least
annually by the Board of Directors or any Committee of the Board delegated the
authority to review executive compensation.

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         b. Bonus. In addition to Base Salary, Employee shall be entitled to
participate in the Company's Stock Option Plan, as amended and restated (the
"Stock Option Plan") and, in addition, to participate in a Management Bonus
Program, beginning in calendar year 2000, to be established by the Company with
an initial targeted bonus for calendar year 2000 of 30% for Employee, based upon
the achievement of mutually agreed upon goals and objectives (hereafter the
"Management Bonus Program"). The bonus, subject to approval by the Company Board
of Directors, shall be based on the following:

         (1) 70% OSI achieving budget

         (2) 30% achieving your individual goals as mutually agreed upon with
         the President

         c. Insurance. During his employment hereunder, Employee shall be
entitled to participate in such health, life, disability and other insurance
programs, if any, that the Company may offer to other key executive employees of
the Company from time to time. You will be eligible for such benefits as of
April 1, 2000.

         d. Other Benefits. During his employment hereunder, Employee shall be
entitled to such other benefits, if any, that the Company may offer to other key
executive employees of the Company from time to time.

         e. Vacation. Employee shall be entitled to 3 weeks vacation leave (in
addition to holidays) in each calendar year during the Term, or such additional
amount as may be set forth in the vacation policy that the Company shall
establish from time to time. Except with respect to vacation time unused as the
result of a written request by the Company to postpone a vacation, any unused
vacation from one calendar year shall not carry-over to any subsequent calendar
year.

         f. Expense Reimbursement. Employee shall, upon submission of
appropriate supporting documentation, be entitled to reimbursement of reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the performance of his duties hereunder in
accordance with policies established by the Company. Such expenses shall
include, without limitation, reasonable travel and entertainment expenses,
gasoline and toll expenses and cellular phone use charges, if such charges are
directly related to the business of the Company.

         5. Grounds for Termination.

         The Board of Directors of the Company may terminate this Agreement for
any reason at any time including, without limitation, for "Cause." As used
herein, "Cause" shall mean any of the following: (i) failure on the part of
Employee to disclose to Company in writing on or before the date hereof
Employee's breach of or default under any employment, non-compete,
confidentiality or other agreement between Employee and any prior employer of
Employee (including without limitation any breach or default that might result
from Employee's entering into or performing his duties and obligations under
this Agreement); (ii) an act of willful misconduct or gross negligence by
Employee in the performance of his material duties or obligations to the
Company; (iii) indictment of Employee for a felony involving moral turpitude,
whether relating

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to his employment or otherwise; (iv) an act of dishonesty or breach of trust on
the part of Employee resulting or intended to result directly or indirectly in
personal gain or enrichment at the expense of the Company; (v) conduct on the
part of Employee intended to injure the business of the Company; (vi) Employee's
addiction to any drug or chemical; (vii) Employee's insubordination unless
resulting from Employee's refusal to do an illegal act; (viii) a material
failure of Employee to perform or observe the provisions of this Agreement
(other than by reason of disability as defined herein). The existence of any of
the foregoing events or conditions, except under clause (iii), shall be
determined by the Board of Directors (excluding the Employee) in the exercise of
its reasonable judgment provided that if such occurrence relates to section (i),
(vi) or (viii) above, it must persist more than (a) five (5) days after notice
is given to Employee by personal delivery or (b) ten (10) days after a notice is
given to Employee by any other means, each notice which details the occurrence.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if occurrence under sections (ii), (v), (vii) or
(viii) cannot reasonably be remedied within the time periods set forth, the
Board of Directors shall not exercise its right to terminate under this section
if Employee begins to remedy the occurrence within the time period and continues
actively and diligently in good faith to completely remedy such occurrence. As
used herein "insubordination" means Employee failing to use his best efforts to
comply with a written directive made by the Company's Board of Directors for any
action or inaction not inconsistent with the duties set forth here.

         6. Termination by Employee.

         Employee may terminate this Agreement with Good Reason. "Good Reason"
means:

         a. At any time, the Employee is required, without his written consent,
to relocate his office more than seventy-five miles from the location of the
Company's current corporate headquarters;

         b. The Company decreases the Employee's compensation below the levels
provided for by the terms of Section 4 (taking into account increases made from
time to time in accordance with Section 4);

         c. A material breach of the provisions of this Agreement by the Company
(except those set forth in Paragraph 4.a) and Employee provides at least 15 days
prior written notice to at least two members of the Company's Board of Directors
(other than Employee) of the existence of such breach and his intention to
terminate this Agreement (no such termination shall be effective if such breach
is cured during such period or if the Company is in good faith attempting to
cure such breach);

         d. The failure of the Company to comply with the provisions of
Paragraph 4.a for an uninterrupted 10 day period; or

         e. The Company materially reduces the Employee's benefits under any
employee benefit plan, program or arrangement of the Company (other than a
change that affects all employees similarly situated) from the level in effect
upon the Employee's commencement or participation.

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         7. Payment and Other Provisions Upon Termination.

         a. In the event that: Employee's employment with the Company (including
its subsidiaries) is terminated by the Company for Cause as provided in
Paragraph 5; or Employee terminates his employment without Good Reason as
described in Paragraph 6; then, on or before Employee's last day of employment
with the Company:

                  i. Salary and Bonus Payments: The Company shall pay in a lump
         sum to Employee such amount of compensation due to Employee hereunder
         for services rendered to the Company, as well as compensation for
         unused vacation time, as has accrued but remains unpaid. Any and all
         other rights granted to Employee under this Agreement shall terminate
         as of the date of termination.

                  ii. Noncompetition/Nonsolicitation Period. The provisions of
         Paragraph 14 shall continue to apply with respect to Employee for a
         period of one year following the date of termination.

         b. In the event that: Employee's employment with the Company (including
its subsidiaries) is terminated by the Company for any reason other than for
Cause as provided in Paragraph 5 and other than as a consequence of Employee's
death, disability, or normal retirement under the Company's retirement plans and
practices; or Employee terminates his employment with Good Reason as described
in Paragraph 6; then:

                  i. Salary and Bonus Payments: On or before Employee's last day
         of employment with the Company, the Company shall pay to Employee, as
         compensation for services rendered to the Company, a cash amount equal
         to the sum of (x) one-half (1/2) of the amount of Employee's Base
         Salary and (y) ninety percent of one-half (1/2) of the amount of the
         estimated target bonus under the Management Bonus Program as in effect
         immediately prior to his date of termination (the "Cash Amount"). The
         final calculation of Employee's target bonus shall be made, and any
         remaining bonus amount due to Employee paid, in the manner set forth in
         Section 7.a.i. At the election of the Company, the Cash Amount may be
         paid to Employee in periodic installments in accordance with the
         regular salary payment practices of the Company, with the first such
         installment to be paid on or before Employee's last day of employment
         with the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, the entire
         Cash Amount shall be paid to Employee during the period not to exceed
         one year following Employee's last day of employment with the Company.
         No interest shall be paid with respect to any of the Cash Amount not
         paid on the Employee's date of termination.

                  ii. Benefit Plan Coverage: The Company shall maintain in full
         force and effect for Employee and his dependents for one year after the
         date of termination, all life, health, accident, and disability benefit
         plans and other similar employee benefit plans, programs and
         arrangements in which Employee or his dependents were entitled to
         participate immediately prior to

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         the date of termination, in such amounts as were in effect immediately
         prior to the date of termination, provided that such continued
         participation is possible under the general terms and provisions of
         such benefit plans, programs and arrangements. In the event that
         participation in any benefit plan, program or arrangement described
         above is barred, or any such benefit plan, program or arrangement is
         discontinued or the benefits thereunder materially reduced, the Company
         shall arrange to provide Employee and his dependents for one year after
         the date of termination with benefits substantially similar to those
         that they were entitled to receive under such benefit plans, programs
         and arrangements immediately prior to the date of termination, or, at
         the Company's option, a lump sum payment to Employee equal to the
         Company's cost immediately prior to termination to provide such
         benefits. If immediately prior to the date of termination the Company
         provided Employee with any club memberships, Employee will be entitled
         to continue such memberships at his sole expense. Notwithstanding any
         time period for continued benefits stated in this Paragraph 7.b.ii, all
         benefits in this Paragraph 7.b.ii will terminate on the date that
         Employee becomes an employee of another employer and eligible to
         participate in the employee benefit plans of such other employer. To
         the extent that Employee was required to contribute amounts for the
         benefits described in this Paragraph 7.b.ii prior to his termination,
         he shall continue to contribute such amounts for such time as these
         benefits continue in effect after termination.

                  iii. [INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]

                  iv. Savings and Other Plans: Except as otherwise more
         specifically provided herein or under the terms of the respective plans
         relating to termination of employment, Employee's active participation
         in any applicable savings, retirement, profit sharing or supplemental
         employee retirement plans or any deferred compensation or similar plan
         of the Company or any of its subsidiaries shall continue only through
         the last day of his employment. All other provisions, including any
         distribution and/or vested rights under such plans, shall be governed
         by the terms of those respective plans.

                  v. Noncompetition/Nonsolicitation Period. The provisions of
         Paragraph 14 shall continue, beyond the time periods set forth in such
         paragraph, to apply with respect to Employee for the shorter of (x)
         twelve months following the date of termination or (y) until such time
         as the Company has failed to comply with the provisions of Paragraph
         7.b.i for a an uninterrupted 10-day period and such failure is not
         cured within 5 days after written notice of such failure is delivered
         to at least two directors of the Company (other than Employee).

         c. In the event Employee's employment with the Company (including its
subsidiaries) is terminated by the Company other than for Cause as provided in
Paragraph 5 and other than as a consequence of Employee's death, disability, or
normal retirement under the Company's retirement plans and practices, and the
reason for such termination is not based upon unsatisfactory performance by
Employee of his duties hereunder as stated in written performance evaluations or
other written documents prepared by the Company, then the following provision
shall apply. This same provision shall also apply if Employee terminates his
employment with Good Reason as described in Paragraph 6.

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                  i. Exercisability of Stock Options. Notwithstanding the
         vesting period provided for in the Stock Option Plan and any related
         stock option agreements between the Company and Employee for stock
         options ("options") and stock appreciation rights ("rights") granted
         Employee by the Company, all options and stock appreciation rights
         shall be immediately exercisable upon termination of employment. In
         addition, Employee will have the right to exercise all options and
         rights for the shorter of (x) one year following his termination of
         employment or (y) with respect to each option, the remainder of the
         period of exercisability under the terms of the appropriate documents
         that grant such options.

         d. The provisions of this Paragraph 7 shall apply if Employee's
employment is terminated prior to or more than two years after the occurrence of
a Change of Control (as defined in Paragraph 8.c). From the occurrence of any
Change of Control until the second anniversary of such Change of Control, the
provisions of Paragraph 8 shall apply in place of this Paragraph 7, except that
in the event that after a Change of Control Employee's employment is terminated
by Employee without Good Reason or Company terminates Employee for Cause, then
the provisions of Paragraph 8 shall not apply and the provisions of Paragraph
7.a shall apply. Termination upon death, disability and retirement are covered
by Paragraphs 9, 10, and 11, respectively.

         8. Payment and Other Provisions after Change of Control.

         a. Salary, Performance Award, and Bonus Payments: In the event
Employee's employment with the Company is terminated within two years following
the occurrence of a Change of Control (other than as a consequence of his death
or disability, or of his normal retirement under the Company's retirement plans
and practices) either (x) by the Company for any reason other than for Cause or
(z) by Employee with Good Reason as provided in Paragraph 6, then Employee shall
be entitled to receive from the Company, the following:

                  i. Base Salary. Employee's Base Salary as in effect at the
         date of termination shall be paid on the date of termination; ii.
         Target Bonus. Ninety percent of the amount of the Employee's estimated
         target bonus under the Management Bonus Program for the fiscal year in
         which the date of termination occurs shall be paid on the date of
         termination; the final calculation of Employee's target bonus shall be
         made, and any remaining bonus amount due to Employee paid, in the
         manner set forth in Section 7.a.i.; and

                  iii. [OMITTED INTENTIONALLY]

                  iv. Other Benefits. All benefits under Paragraphs 7.b.ii,
         7.b.iv and 7.c.i shall be extended to Employee as described in such
         paragraphs.

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         b. Noncompetition/Nonsolicitation Period. In the event of a termination
under Paragraph 8.a within one year after a Change of Control the provisions of
Paragraph 14 shall continue to apply as stated in paragraph 7.b.v.

         c. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Change of Control" shall
mean:

                  i. The acquisition, other than from the Company, by any
         individual, entity or group (within the meaning of " 13(d)(3) or "
         14(d)(2) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
         "Exchange Act")) of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule
         13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) (any of the foregoing
         described in this Paragraph 8.c.i hereafter a "Person") of 33% or more
         of either (a) the then outstanding shares of Capital Stock of the
         Company (the "Outstanding Capital Stock") or (b) the combined voting
         power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company entitled
         to vote generally in the election of directors (the "Voting
         Securities"), provided, however, that any acquisition by (x) the
         Company or any of its subsidiaries, or any employee benefit plan (or
         related trust) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any of its
         subsidiaries or (y) any Person that is eligible, pursuant to Rule
         13d-1(b) under the Exchange Act, to file a statement on Schedule 13G
         with respect to its beneficial ownership of Voting Securities, whether
         or not such Person shall have filed a statement on Schedule 13G, unless
         such Person shall have filed a statement on Schedule 13D with respect
         to beneficial ownership of 33% or more of the Voting Securities or (z)
         any corporation with respect to which, following such acquisition, more
         than 60% of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock
         of such corporation and the combined voting power of the then
         outstanding voting securities of such corporation entitled to vote
         generally in the election of directors is then beneficially owned,
         directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of the individuals
         and entities who were the beneficial owners, respectively, of the
         Outstanding Capital Stock and Voting Securities immediately prior to
         such acquisition in substantially the same proportion as their
         ownership, immediately prior to such acquisition, of the Outstanding
         Capital Stock and Voting Securities, as the case may be, shall not
         constitute a Change of Control; or

                  ii. Individuals who, as of the date hereof, constitute the
         Board (the "Incumbent Board") cease for any reason to constitute at
         least a majority of the Board, provided that any individual becoming a
         director subsequent to the date hereof whose election or nomination for
         election by the Company's shareholders, was approved by a vote of at
         least a majority of the directors then comprising the Incumbent Board
         shall be considered as though such individual were a member of the
         Incumbent Board, but excluding, for this purpose, any such individual
         whose initial assumption of office is in connection with an actual or
         threatened election contest relating to the election of the Directors
         of the Company (as such terms are used in Rule 14a-11 of Regulation
         14A, or any successor section, promulgated under the Exchange Act); or

                  iii. Approval by the shareholders of the Company of a
         reorganization, merger or consolidation (a "Business Combination"), in
         each case, with respect to which all or substantially all holders of
         the Outstanding Capital Stock and Voting Securities immediately

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         prior to such Business Combination do not, following such Business
         Combination, beneficially own, directly or indirectly, more than 60%
         of, respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the
         combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities
         entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, as the case
         may be, of the corporation resulting from Business Combination; or

                  iv. (a) a complete liquidation or dissolution of the Company
         or (b) a sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
         assets of the Company other than to a corporation with respect to
         which, following such sale or disposition, more than 60% of,
         respectively, the then outstanding shares of common stock and the
         combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities
         entitled to vote generally in the election of directors is then owned
         beneficially, directly or indirectly, by all or substantially all of
         the individuals and entities who were the beneficial owners,
         respectively, of the Outstanding Capital Stock and Voting Securities
         immediately prior to such sale or disposition in substantially the same
         proportion as their ownership of the Outstanding Capital Stock and
         Voting Securities, as the case may be, immediately prior to such sale
         or disposition.

         9. Termination by Reason of Death. If Employee shall die while employed
by the Company both prior to termination of employment and during the effective
term of this Agreement, all Employee's rights under this Agreement shall
terminate with the payment of that portion of Base Salary as has accrued but
remains unpaid and a prorated amount of targeted bonus under the Company's
Management Bonus Program through the month in which his death occurs, plus three
additional months of the fixed salary and targeted bonus. The calculation of
Employee's target bonus shall be made, and any bonus amount due to Employee
paid, in the manner set forth in Section 7.a.i. All benefits under Paragraphs
7.b.ii, 7.b.iv and 7.c.i shall be extended to Employee's estate as described in
such paragraphs. In addition, Employee's eligible dependents shall receive
continued benefit plan coverage under Paragraph 7.b.ii for three months from the
date of Employee's death.

         10. Termination by Disability. Employee's employment hereunder may be
terminated by the Company for disability. In such event, all Employee's rights
under this Agreement shall terminate with the payment of that portion of Base
Salary as has accrued but remains unpaid as of the thirtieth (30th) day after
such notice is given except that all benefits under Paragraphs 7.b.ii, 7.b.iv
and 7.c.i shall be extended to Employee as described in such paragraphs,
provided, however, that, with respect to Paragraph 7.b.ii, the period for
continued benefit plan coverage shall be limited to six months from the date of
termination. In addition, the noncompetition and nonsolicitation provisions of
Paragraph 14 shall continue to apply to Employee for a period of six months from
the date of termination. For purposes of this Agreement, "disability" is defined
to mean that, as a result of Employee's incapacity due to physical or mental
illness:

         a. Employee shall have been absent from his duties as an officer of the
Company on a substantially full-time basis for six (6) consecutive months; and

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         b. Within thirty (30) days after the Company notifies Employee in
writing that it intends to replace him, Employee shall not have returned to the
performance of his duties as an officer of the Company on a full-time basis.

         11. Retirement. It is expected that the Compensation Committee of the
Company's Board of Directors will develop a benefit plan for retirement. It is
expected that Employee's rights upon retirement will be specifically described
in such retirement benefit plan. If retirement benefits for Employee are not
specifically described in such plan, the Company shall provide Employee upon
retirement benefits no lesser than the highest level of benefits accorded any
other retiring executive officer during the five year period immediately
preceding Employee's retirement.

         12. Indemnification. If litigation shall be brought to enforce or
interpret any provision contained herein, the non-prevailing party shall
indemnify the prevailing party for reasonable attorney's fees (including those
for negotiations, trial and appeals) and disbursements incurred by the
prevailing party in such litigation, and hereby agrees to pay prejudgment
interest on any money judgment obtained by the prevailing party calculated at
the generally prevailing NationsBank of Florida, N.A. base rate of interest
charged to its commercial customers in effect from time to time from the date
that payment(s) to him should have been made under this Agreement.

         13. [Intentionally Omitted]

         14. Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation.

         a. The nature of the system and methods employed in the Company's
business is such that Employee will be placed in a close business and personal
relationship with the customers of the Company and be privy to confidential
customer usage and rate information. Accordingly, at all times during the term
of this Agreement and for a period of one (1) year immediately following the
termination of Employee's employment hereunder (the "Noncompetition and
Nonsolicitation Period") for any reason whatsoever, and for such additional
periods as may otherwise be set forth in this Agreement in reference to this
Paragraph 14, so long as the Company continues to carry on the same business,
Employee shall not, for any reason whatsoever, directly or indirectly, for
himself or on behalf of, or in conjunction with, any other person, persons,
company, partnership, corporation or business entity:

                  i. Call upon, divert, influence or solicit or attempt to call
         upon, divert, influence or solicit any customer or customers of the
         Company nationwide;

                  ii. Divulge the names and addresses or any information
         concerning any customer of the Company;

                  iii. Disclose any information or knowledge relating to the
         Company, including but not limited to, the Company's system or method
         of conducting business to any person, persons, firms, corporations or
         other entities unaffiliated with the Company, for any reason or purpose
         whatsoever;

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                  iv. Own, manage, operate, control, be employed by, participate
         in or be connected in any manner with the ownership, management,
         operation or control of the same, similar or related line of business
         as that carried on by the Company ("Competition") within a radius of
         fifty (50) miles from Employee's principal office.

         b. The time period covered by the covenants contained in this Paragraph
14 shall not include any period(s) of violation of any covenant or any period(s)
of time required for litigation to enforce any covenant.

         c. The covenants set forth in this Paragraph 14 shall be construed as
an agreement independent of any other provision in this Agreement and existence
of any potential or alleged claim or cause of action of Employee against the
Company, whether predicted on this Agreement or otherwise, shall not constitute
a defense to the enforcement by the Company of the covenants contained herein.
An alleged or actual breach of the Agreement by the Company shall not be a
defense to enforcement of the provisions of this Paragraph 14.

         d. Employee acknowledges that he has read the foregoing and agrees that
the nature of the geographical restrictions are reasonable given the
international nature of the Company's business. In the event that these
geographical or temporal restrictions are judicially determined to be
unreasonable, the parties agree that these restrictions shall be judicially
reformed to the maximum restrictions which are reasonable.

         e. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, in the
event that Employee engages in Competition, or any conduct expressly prohibited
by this Paragraph 14 at any time during the Noncompetition and Nonsolicitation
Period for any reason whatsoever, Employee shall not receive any of the
termination benefits he otherwise would be entitled to receive pursuant to
Paragraphs 7.b., 7.c., 8.a. and 10 hereof.

         15. Confidentiality.

         a. Nondisclosure. Employee acknowledges and agrees that the
Confidential Information (as defined below) is a valuable, special and unique
asset of the Company's business. Accordingly, except in connection with the
performance of his duties hereunder, Employee shall not at any time during or
subsequent to the term of his employment hereunder disclose, directly or
indirectly, to any person, firm, corporation, partnership, association or other
entity any proprietary or confidential information relating to the Company or
any information concerning the Company's financial condition or prospects, the
Company's customers, the design, development, manufacture, marketing or sale of
the Company's products or the Company's methods of operating its business
(collectively "Confidential Information"). Confidential Information shall not
include information which, at the time of disclosure, is known or available to
the general public by publication or otherwise through no act or failure to act
on the part of Employee.

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         b. Return of Confidential Information. Upon termination of Employee's
employment, for whatever reason and whether voluntary or involuntary, or at any
time at the request of the Company, Employee shall promptly return all
Confidential Information in the possession or under the control of Employee to
the Company and shall not retain any copies or other reproductions or extracts
thereof. Employee shall at any time at the request of the Company destroy or
have destroyed all memoranda, notes, reports, and documents, whether in "hard
copy" form or as stored on magnetic or other media, and all copies and other
reproductions and extracts thereof, prepared by Employee and shall provide the
Company with a certificate that the foregoing materials have in fact been
returned or destroyed.

         c. Books and Records. All books, records and accounts whether prepared
by Employee or otherwise coming into Employee's possession, shall be the
exclusive property of the Company and shall be returned immediately to the
Company upon termination of Employee's employment hereunder or upon the
Company's request at any time.

         16. Injunction/Specific Performance Setoff. Employee acknowledges that
a breach of any of the provisions of Paragraphs 14 or 15 hereof would result in
immediate and irreparable injury to the Company which cannot be adequately or
reasonably compensated at law. Therefore, Employee agrees that the Company shall
be entitled, if any such breach shall occur or be threatened or attempted, to a
decree of specific performance and to a temporary and permanent injunction,
without the posting of a bond, enjoining and restraining such breach by Employee
or his agents, either directly or indirectly, and that such right to injunction
shall be cumulative to whatever other remedies for actual damages to which the
Company is entitled. Employee further agrees that, except as otherwise provided
in Paragraph 13 hereof, the Company may set off against or recoup from any
amounts due under this Agreement to the extent of any losses incurred by the
Company as a result of any breach by Employee of the provisions of Paragraphs 14
or 15 hereof.

         17. Severability: Any provision in this Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective
only to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating
or affecting the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

         18. Successors: This Agreement shall be binding upon Employee and inure
to his and his estate's benefit, and shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Company and any permitted successor of the Company. Neither this
Agreement nor any rights arising hereunder may be assigned or pledged by:
Employee or anyone claiming through Employee; or by the Company, except to any
corporation which is the successor in interest to the Company by reason of a
merger, consolidation or sale of substantially all of the assets of the Company.
The foregoing sentence shall not be deemed to have any effect upon the rights of
Employee upon a Change of Control.

         19. Controlling Law: This Agreement shall in all respects be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Florida.

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         20. Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be given hereunder
shall be written and sent by registered or certified mail, telecommunicated or
hand delivered at the address set forth herein or to any other address of which
notice is given:

          To the Company:          OutSource International, Inc.
                                   1144 East Newport Center Drive
                                   Deerfield Beach, Florida 33442
                                   Attention: General Counsel

          To Employee:             Jon H. Peterson
                                   300 S.E. Mizner Blvd.
                                   Boca Raton, Fl. 33432

         21. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties hereto on the subject matter hereof and may not be modified
without the written agreement of both parties hereto.

         22. Waiver. A waiver by any party of any of the terms and conditions
hereof shall not be construed as a general waiver by such party.

         23. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each
of which shall be deemed an original and both of which together shall constitute
a single agreement.

         24. Interpretation. In the event of a conflict between the provisions
of this Agreement and any other agreement or document defining rights and duties
of Employee or the Company upon Employee's termination, the rights and duties
set forth in this Agreement shall control.

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         25. Certain Limitations on Remedies. Paragraph 7.b provides that
certain payments and other benefits shall be received by Employee upon the
termination of Employee by the Company other than for Cause and states that
these same provisions shall apply if Employee terminates his employment for Good
Reason. It is the intention of this Agreement that if the Company terminates
Employee other than for Cause (and other than as a consequence of Employee's
death, disability or normal retirement) or if Employee terminates his employment
with Good Reason, then the payments and other benefits set forth in Paragraph
7.b shall constitute the sole and exclusive remedies of Employee. This Paragraph
25 shall have no effect upon the provisions of Paragraph 8 of this Agreement.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Employment Agreement has been executed by the
parties as of the date first above written.


                                                COMPANY:

                                                OUTSOURCE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
                                                By: /s/ Scott R. Francis
                                                -------------------------
                                                Scott R. Francis
                                                Its: Chief Financial Officer

                                                EMPLOYEE:
                                                /s/ Jon H. Peterson
                                                -------------------
                                                Name: Jon H. Peterson

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