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EXHIBIT 10.56
  VIA ELECTRONIC DELIVERY
   Start Date:
    
    On or about March 13, 2006.Primary Duties:
    
    Product/Solution Marketing & ManagementStrategy & Business AnalysisCustomer/Prospect & Market Requirements including field andcustomer driven enhancement requestsPricingField & Customer LaunchesProduct/Solutions ManagementField Marketing & Sales SupportLead Generation & ManagementTelemarketing to generate and qualify leadsNew market and geography launch supportTrainingCollateral/Sales KitsDatabase Marketing & Data ManagementEvents  Gevity Business Edge seminars,Local Seminars & WebinarsBusiness DevelopmentAffinity and Alliance PartnershipsMarket StrategyCompetitive analysis, with these on-going findings beingtranslated into web content and sales toolsMarket research including pricing studies




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Gevity InstituteLeverage as competitive advantage as company penetrates middlemarket spaceExternal Marketing & Awareness BuildingClient/Partner CommunicationsMarcomCollateral developmentMessaging/positioningBrand identity complianceCommercial content for websiteCorporate events and industry tradeshowsCorporate communications and PROther duties as assigned.Base Salary:
    
    $265,000 per year payable in equal installments of$10,192.31 on the Companys normal bi-weekly payrollschedule.Paid Time Off:
    
    You will be eligible for a total of 216 hours of paid timeoff (including 4 weeks of paid vacation) during eachcalendar year of employment, prorated for partial years.Cash Bonus:
    
    Commencing on the date of you employment, you willparticipate in a cash bonus program that will provide atarget bonus amount equivalent to 50% of base salary atthreshold, 66.7% at target and 100% at superior, calculatedon the base salary actually paid to you during a calendaryear. The actual amount of the award, either more or less,will be based, in part, on an evaluation of your individualperformance and contribution, as well as the overallfinancial performance of the Company. Of course, all bonuspayments and compensation decisions regarding executivesare subject to final approval by the Board or a dulyauthorized Committee. For the 2006 calendar year, yourbonus will be prorated based on your period of activeemployment during 2006, subject to a guaranteed paymentequal to 25% of target.Long TemIncentive:
    
    Beginning in 2006, you will be eligible to participate in along term incentive plan which provides for equity awardsat the equivalent of 75% of base salary at threshold, 100%at target and 150% at superior,
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calculated on the base salary actually paid to you during acalendar year. The actual amount of the award, either more orless, will be based, in part, on an evaluation of yourindividual performance and contribution, as well as the overallfinancial performance of the Company. Awards are discretionaryand are subject to approval by the Board or a duly authorizedCommittee thereof.Signing bonus:
    
    You will also be eligible for a $15,000.00 sign-on bonus;you will be paid $5,000.00, less applicable taxes andwithholdings, on your first regular payroll date; theremaining $10,000.00 will be paid on the first payroll dateafter 90 days of employment.Stock OptionsAnd RestrictedShares:
    
    Initial Stock and Stock Option Award As an inducement tocommence employment with Gevity, you will receive an awardof non-qualified stock options to purchase 50,000 shares ofthe Companys common stock having a 10-year term and 4-yearvesting schedule, pursuant to which 25% of such optionsvest on each anniversary of the date of the award. Inaddition, you will receive an award of 2,500 restrictedshares of the Companys common stock having a 4-yearvesting schedule, pursuant to which 25% of such shares veston each anniversary of the date of the award. Such optionsand restricted shares will be granted under and subject tothe terms of the Companys 2005 Equity Incentive Plan.Typically, these awards are made on the first day of themonth following your first date of employment.Benefits:
    
    You are immediately eligible to participate in Gevitys health and welfarebenefits. Should you elect to participate in Gevitys health and welfarebenefits, they will begin immediately upon your hire date. You should submityour Benefits Election Form with your other new hire paperwork. If you haveany questions about your health and welfare benefits, please contact internalHuman Resources by calling MYHR (x6947). Remember  benefits enrollment isyour responsibility. The Companys contribution toward coverage commencesas of your effective date. If you do not enroll at the time of your initialeligibility, you must wait for the next annual enrollment period or qualifyingevent. In addition, you will be eligible to participate in our benefit
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plans including a 401(k) consistent with other executives of theCompany. A detailed summary will be provided to you.Relocation:
    
    The Company will pay the closing costs and expenses associated with thesale of your primary residence in Virginia (Home). Additionally, and subjectto a total relocation expense limitation of $100,000.00 (Relocation Amount),the Company will cover those standard items covered under the CompanysRelocation Policy; subject to the Relocation Amount limitation, the Companywill also either pay or reimburse the following:
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    Customary closing costs associated with the purchase of
your residence in the Bradenton/Sarasota area;
    
    3 house hunting visits for you and your immediate family
members;
    
    Packing, transportation, and, to the extent necessary,
temporary storage of your belongings and household effects
for a period not to exceed 6 months; and
    
    Actual rental expense for a temporary residence in the
Bradenton/Sarasota area for a period not to extend beyond 6
months from the date of your employment.
 Following closing on your residence in the Bradenton/Sarasotaarea, the Company shall promptly pay to you the RelocationAmount less any relocation expenses previously reimbursed orpaid to you.Change inControl:
    
    You will be eligible to enter into a Change in ControlSeverance Agreement in the form customarily used by the Companyfor other executives of the Company. Generally, the agreementprovides for certain payments to you if you are terminatedwithin a two (2) year period following a change in control ofthe Company. Please refer to the form of such agreementprovided to you for the specific terms and conditions.GeneralSeverance:
    
    In the event your employment is terminated for Good Reason orany reason other than for Cause within the first two (2)years of employment and provided you execute a full andcomplete general release of all
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employment-related claims, if any, against the Company, theCompany will pay you the sum of one times your annual basesalary, as in effect at the time of your termination. Such sumshall be paid to you in twenty-six (26) equal payments on theCompanys regular bi-weekly payroll cycle over the twelve (12)month period immediately following the termination of youremployment but in no event shall payments extend beyond March15th of the year following your termination. Inaddition, during the Severance Period, you may continue toparticipate in the health and dental plans provided to you as ofthe date of termination at the same level and in the same manneras if your employment had not terminated. If the terms of anybenefit plan referred to in this section do not permit yourcontinued participation, then the Company will arrange for othercoverage providing substantially similar coverage at noadditional cost to you.For purposes of this offer, Paragraph 1(c) of the Change ofControl Severance Agreement is incorporated herein to defineCause and the circumstances in which your employment may beterminated for Cause. Good Reason means, without Executivesexpress written consent, the occurrence of any of the followingevents:
    An isolated, insubstantial and inadvertent action taken in goodfaith and which is remedied by the Company within ten (10) daysafter receipt of notice thereof given by Executive shall notconstitute Good Reason. Executives
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right to terminate employment for Good Reason shall not beaffected by Executives incapacities due to mental or physicalillness and Executives continued employment shall notconstitute consent to, or a waiver of rights with respect to,

any event or condition constituting Good Reason; provided,however, that Executive must provide notice of termination ofemployment within thirty (30) days following Executivesknowledge of an event constituting Good Reason or such eventshall not constitute Good Reason under this Agreement.
     Very Truly Yours,/s/  Edwin E. Hightower, Jr.Edwin E. Hightower, Jr.Vice President and General Counsel  /s/ Michael CollinsMichael Collins
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