**EXHIBIT31.1**

**Rule 13a-14(a) Certification ofChief Executive Officer and Acting Principal Financial Officer**

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Michael T. Willis, certify that:

1.                  I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form10-Q of Westaff, Inc. (the “registrant”);

2.                  Based on my knowledge, this report does notcontain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the periodcovered by this report;

3.                  Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in allmaterial respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flowsof the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.                  The registrant’s other certifying officer, ifany, and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controlsand procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) forthe registrant and have:

a)                designed such disclosure controls and procedures,or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under oursupervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which this report is beingprepared;

b)               evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’sdisclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusionsabout the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of theend of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

c)                disclosed in this report any change in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during theregistrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or isreasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control overfinancial reporting; and

5.                  The registrant’s other certifying officer, ifany, and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internalcontrol over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the auditcommittee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing theequivalent functions):

a)                All significant deficiencies and materialweaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financialreporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’sability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b)               Any fraud, whether or not material, that involvesmanagement or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’sinternal control over financial reporting.

Date:  August 21, 2007
| /s/ Michael T. Willis                     |   |
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| Michael T. Willis                         |   |
| Westaff, Inc.                             |   |
| President, Chief  Executive Officer,      |   |
| and acting  principal financial officer * |   |
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*                    Mr.Willis is performing the functions of the principal financial officer on thedate of this filing.

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