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                                                                   Exhibit 10.44

                                 FIRST AMENDMENT
                          TO THE INTERIM SERVICES INC.
                           DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

         THIS FIRST AMENDMENT to the Interim Services Inc. Deferred
Compensation Plan (the "Plan") is made on this 5th day of March, 1999, by
Interim Services Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company");

                              W I T N E S S E T H :

         WHEREAS, Article IX of the Plan provides that the Company has the
right to amend the Plan at any time; and

         WHEREAS, the Company now desires to amend the Plan as embodied herein;

         NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan hereby is amended as follows:

         1.       By adding the following new Plan Section 1.8A:

                  1.8A     COMPANY STOCK shall mean the $.01 par value common
         stock of the Controlling Company.

         2.       By adding the following new Plan Section 1.13A:

                  1.13A    DEFERRED COMPANY STOCK UNIT shall mean an accounting
         entry that is equal in value at any time to the current fair market
         value of one share of Company Stock and represents an unsecured
         obligation to pay that amount to a Participant in accordance with the
         terms of the Plan. A Deferred Company Stock Unit shall not carry any
         voting, dividend or other similar rights and shall not constitute an
         option or any other right to acquire any equity securities of the
         Controlling Company.

         3.       By adding the following new Plan Section 1.13B:

                  1.13B    DEFERRED COMPANY STOCK UNIT FUND shall mean an
         Investment Fund the rate of return of which shall be determined as if
         the amounts deemed invested therein have been invested in shares of
         Company Stock. The aggregate of all Deferred Company Stock Units under
         the Plan shall constitute the Deferred Company Stock Unit Fund.

         4.       By deleting Plan Section 1.15 in its entirety and substituting
the following in lieu thereof:

                  1.15     EARLY RETIREMENT DATE shall mean the first date that
         the total of a Participant's age and Years of Vesting Service equal 60.

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         5.       By deleting Plan Section 1.19 in its entirety and substituting
the following in lieu thereof:

                  1.19     ENTRY DATE shall mean the first day of each Plan
         Year.

         6.       By deleting Plan Section 1.23 in its entirety and substituting
the following in lieu thereof:

                  1.23     INTERIM SERVICES INC. STOCK FUND shall mean the
         investment fund under the 401(k) Plan which invests primarily in the
         common stock of the Controlling Company and shall be maintained as a
         frozen investment fund.

         7.       By deleting Plan Section 1.27 in its entirety and substituting
the following in lieu thereof:

                  1.27     NORMAL RETIREMENT DATE shall mean the date a
         Participant attains age 65.

         8.       By deleting Plan Section 2.3(c) in its entirety and
substituting the following in lieu thereof:

                  (c)      PARTICIPATION AFTER REEMPLOYMENT. If an Eligible
         Employee satisfies the eligibility requirements set forth in Section
         2.1, terminates employment with all Participating Companies (either
         before or after he becomes a Participant), and then is reemployed as an
         Eligible Employee by a Participating Company, he shall become an active
         Participant (i) if he is reemployed within 90 days after he terminates
         employment, as of the first day of the calendar month coinciding with
         or next following the date he is reemployed as an Eligible Employee; or
         (ii) in all other cases, as of the Entry Date coinciding with or next
         following the date he is rehired; provided, such Eligible Employee
         shall only become an active Participant under this subsection if (i) he
         is an Eligible Employee on the date he is scheduled to become an active
         Participant, and (ii) he executes a new Deferral Election and satisfies
         the other procedures for admission set forth in Section 2.2 hereof.

         9.       By deleting the first sentence of Plan Section 3.5 and
substituting the following in lieu thereof:

         Except as provided in Section 3.10 with respect to dividends credited
         with respect to Deferred Company Stock Units, as of each Valuation Date
         prior to the date as of which distribution of a Participant's Account
         balance is made or commences, the Administrative Committee shall credit
         to each Participant's Account the amount of earnings and/or losses
         applicable thereto for the period since the immediately preceding
         Valuation Date.

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         10.      By adding the following new Plan Sections 3.10, 3.11, and
3.12:

                  3.10     CASH DIVIDENDS. For Deferred Company Stock Units that
         have been credited to a Participant's Account on or before a record
         date for Company Stock cash dividends and that remain credited to his
         Account through the corresponding dividend payment date, the
         Administrative Committee shall credit to such Participant's Account a
         dollar amount equal to the amount of cash dividends that would have
         been paid on his Deferred Company Stock Units if each Deferred Company
         Stock Unit constituted one share of Company Stock. Such dollar amount
         then will be converted into a number of Deferred Company Stock Units
         equal to the number of full and fractional shares of Company Stock that
         could have been purchased, at fair market value on the dividend payment
         date, with such dollar amount.

                  3.11     ADJUSTMENTS FOR STOCK DIVIDENDS AND SPLITS. In the
         event of any subdivision or combination of the outstanding shares of
         Company Stock, by reclassification, stock split, reverse stock split or
         otherwise, or in the event of the payment of a stock dividend on
         Company Stock, or in the event of any other increase or decrease in the
         number of outstanding shares of Company Stock, other than the issuance
         of shares for value received by the Controlling Company or the
         redemption of shares for value, the number of Deferred Company Stock
         Units credited to a Participant's Account shall be adjusted upward or
         downward, as the case may be, to reflect the subdivision or combination
         of the outstanding shares. The amount of increase or decrease in the
         number of Deferred Company Stock Units in such event will be equal to
         the adjustment that would have been made if each Deferred Company Stock
         Unit credited to a Participant's Account immediately prior to the event
         constituted one share of Company Stock.

                  3.12     VALUE OF ACCOUNT.

                           (a)      GENERAL RULE. The value of a Participant's
                  Account as of any date shall be equal to the aggregate value
                  of all contributions and all investment earnings deemed
                  credited to his Account as of such date, determined in
                  accordance with this Article III.

                           (b)      VALUE OF COMPANY STOCK.

                                    (i)      NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. For all
                           purposes under the Plan for which the value of
                           Company Stock must be determined as of any particular
                           date as of which Company Stock is trading on the


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                           New York Stock Exchange, the fair market value per
                           share of Company Stock on such date shall be the
                           closing price of Company Stock on the New York Stock
                           Exchange on such date. If, for any reason, the fair
                           market value per share of Company Stock cannot be
                           ascertained or is unavailable for a particular date,
                           the fair market value of Company Stock on such date
                           shall be determined as of the nearest preceding date
                           on which the fair market value can be ascertained
                           pursuant to the terms hereof.

                                    (ii)     OTHER EXCHANGE. For all purposes
                           under the Plan for which the value of Company Stock
                           must be determined as of any particular date on which
                           Company Stock is not trading on the New York Stock
                           Exchange but on which Company Stock is trading on
                           another national securities exchange in the United
                           States, the fair market value per share of Company
                           Stock shall be the closing price of the Company Stock
                           on such national securities exchange on such date. If
                           Company Stock is trading on such other national
                           securities exchange in the United States on such date
                           but no sales of shares of Company Stock occurred
                           thereon, the fair market value per share of Company
                           Stock shall be the closing price of the Company Stock
                           on the nearest preceding date. If on any particular
                           date a public market shall exist for Company Stock
                           but Company Stock is not trading on a national
                           securities exchange in the United States, then, if
                           Company Stock is listed on the National Market List
                           by the National Association of Securities Dealers,
                           Inc. (the "NASD"), the fair market value per share of
                           Company Stock shall be the last sale price for such
                           shares reflected on said market list for such date,
                           and if Company Stock is not listed on the National
                           Market List of the NASD, then the fair market value
                           per share of Company Stock shall be the mean between
                           the bid and asked quotations in the over-the-counter
                           market for such shares on such date. If there is no
                           bid and asked quotation for Company Stock on such
                           date, the fair market value per share of Company
                           Stock shall be the mean between the bid and asked
                           quotations in the over-the-counter market for such
                           shares on the nearest preceding date. If the fair
                           market value per share of Company Stock cannot
                           otherwise be determined under this Section as of a
                           particular date, such value shall be determined by
                           the Administrative Committee, in its sole discretion,
                           based on all relevant available facts.


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         11.      By adding the following new Plan Section 4.2(e):

                  (e)      INVESTMENT IN THE DEFERRED COMPANY STOCK UNIT FUND.

                           (i)      GENERAL. In addition to the Investment
                           Funds which shall be available from time to time
                           pursuant to Section 4.1, a Participant may make an
                           investment election, effective as of any Valuation
                           Date, prescribing the percentage or dollar amount
                           of his Account balance that will be deemed
                           invested in the Deferred Company Stock Unit Fund.
                           To the extent that a Participant elects to have
                           all or a portion of his Account balance deemed
                           invested in the Deferred Company Stock Unit Fund,
                           such Participant shall not be permitted to direct
                           investment from the Deferred Company Stock Unit
                           Fund to another investment available under the
                           Plan.

                           (ii)     RESTRICTIONS ON INVESTMENT. That portion
                           of a Participant's Account attributable to (i) any
                           Deferral Contributions in excess of 10% of a
                           Participant's Compensation and (ii) all Matching
                           Contributions (whether basic and/or discretionary)
                           shall automatically be deemed invested in the
                           Deferred Company Stock Unit Fund, and Participants
                           shall not be entitled to direct the investment of
                           such contributions.

         12.      By adding the following new Plan Section 5.2(c):

                  (c)      FORM OF ASSETS. All distributions shall be made in
         the form of cash, except for amounts deemed invested in the Deferred
         Company Stock Unit Fund which shall be distributed in whole shares of
         Company Stock with fractional shares paid in cash.

         13.      By deleting the last sentence of Plan Section 5.3 in its
entirety and substituting the following in lieu thereof:

         The benefit shall be distributed to such Beneficiary or Beneficiaries,
         as soon as administratively feasible after the date of the
         Participant's death, in the form of a single-sum payment in cash or
         Company Stock as prescribed in Section 5.2(c).

         14.      By deleting the second sentence of Plan Section 5.4(a) in its
entirety and substituting the following in lieu thereof:

         Such distribution shall be paid in a single-sum payment, in cash or
         Company Stock as prescribed in Section 5.2(c), as soon as
         administratively feasible after the



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         Administrative Committee determines that the Participant
         has incurred a Financial Hardship.

         15.      By deleting the second sentence of Plan Section 5.4(b) in its
entirety and substituting the following in lieu thereof:

         Such distribution shall be paid in a single-sum payment, in cash or
         Company Stock as prescribed in Section 5.2(c), as soon as
         administratively feasible after the date of the Participant's election
         under this subsection (b).

         16.      The changes made by this First Amendment shall generally be
effective as of January 1, 1999, except that the changes made by Paragraphs
No. 5 and 8 shall be effective as of January 1, 1998.

         17.      Except as specifically amended hereby, the Plan shall remain
in full force and effect as prior to this First Amendment.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused its duly authorized
officer to execute this First Amendment on the date first above written.

                                 INTERIM SERVICES INC.


                                 By: /s/ John B. Smith
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                                      Title: Senior Vice President and Secretary
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