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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.14


                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         THIS AGREEMENT is entered into this 29th day of December, 1999, by and
between Webhelp.com Inc., a Delaware corporation with its primary offices at One
Dundas Street West, Suite 2500, Toronto Ontario M5G 1Z3 (the "Company), and
Laura Hantho, an individual residing at 20 Bannon Avenue, Etobicoke Ontario, M8X
1T8 (the "Employee").

1.       EMPLOYMENT RELATIONSHIP.

Employee is hereby employed in the capacity of Chief Operating Officer until the
termination of her employment pursuant to Section 3 hereof. Employee will
faithfully, fully, and to the best of her ability, experience and talent perform
and render such services and perform such duties for the Company as Chief
Operating Officer as the CEO shall direct. Employee will devote her full
business time, attention, knowledge and skill solely to the business of the
Company and will not engage in any other business activities for compensation or
profit. Upon the closing of the transaction described in Exhibit A, Employee
shall be duly elected to the Board of Directors of the Company.

2.       COMPENSATION (US Dollars)

          2.1. As compensation for the performance of her duties, Employee will
               receive a salary at an annual rate of $170,000 payable in
               accordance with the Company's normal pay practices for a salaried
               employee.

          2.2. Employee shall receive an annual guaranteed bonus of $30,000,
               payable at the rate of $2,500 per month. Such amount shall be
               payable monthly on the Company's first normal pay date of each
               month, the first month of employment, and shall continue so long
               as the Employee remains employed hereunder.

          2.3. Employee shall be eligible for an incentive performance bonus for
               each calendar year of her employment, with such bonus for 1999,
               if any, prorated to reflect the number of days Employee is
               employed during such year.

          2.4. Employee will be entitled to participate in all fringe benefit
               programs now or hereafter made available to other salaried
               employees of the Company. A summary of benefits currently in
               effect is attached or has been previously provided to Employee.
               Employee shall be entitled to up to four (4) weeks of paid
               vacation per year.

          2.5. Company will reimburse Employee for all travel and business
               expenses incurred by her which are reasonable and necessary for
               carrying on the business of the Company. Expenses will be
               reimbursed after presentation by Employee of an itemized account
               of such expenses in form and substance satisfactory to the
               Company, and Company's determination that such expenditures were
               reasonable, ordinary and necessary.

3.       TERMINATION BY COMPANY OR BY EMPLOYEE

          3.1. Company may terminate Employee's employment at any time, with or
               without Cause (as defined hereunder). If Employee is terminated
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               for Cause, she shall be entitled to receive salary continuously
               for the lesser of twelve (12) months or until she is gainfully
               employed.

          3.2. For purposes of this Agreement, termination for Cause is defined
               as (i) willful and continued failure by Employee to perform her
               duties as Chief Operating Officer of the Company; (ii) gross
               misconduct of Employee which is injurious to the Company; (iii) a
               material breach by the Employee of her obligations under Section
               4 of this Agreement which is reasonably believed by the Company
               to have caused, or to be likely to cause, material harm to the
               Company, or (iv) conviction of a felony. Each of 3.2 (i) and (ii)
               shall be deemed to exist provided the Company has provided
               written notice to the Employee setting forth the perceived
               performance deficiencies and the steps needed to remedy those
               deficiencies and the Employee has failed to take immediate steps
               to remedy such deficiencies. If the Employee is terminated for
               Cause, no further salary, bonus, incentive performance bonus, or
               other compensation will be payable under this Agreement except
               for any amount of base salary and bonus which has accrued but not
               been paid prior to the date of termination.

          3.3. Employee may terminate her employment at any time with or without
               "Good Reason" as defined in Section 3.4. If the Employee
               terminates other than for Good Reason, no further salary, bonus,
               incentive performance bonus, or other compensation will be
               payable under this Agreement except for any amount of base salary
               and bonus which has accrued but not been paid prior to the date
               of termination.

          3.4. For purposes of this Agreement, termination for "Good Reason" is
               defined as (i) assignment to the Employee of demonstrably onerous
               or significantly demeaning on-going duties inconsistent with her
               status as Chief Operating Officer; (ii) reduction in her total
               compensation below the amounts required by Section 2.1 and 2.2;
               or (iii) failure to elect to or removal of the Employee from the
               Board of Directors. If the Employee resigns for Good Reason, she
               shall be entitled to receive salary continuation as provided in
               Section 3.6.

          3.5. The Employee's employment shall be automatically terminated upon
               the occurrence of either of the following events: (i) death of
               the Employee, and (ii) disability of the Employee, as defined in
               the long term disability policy carried by the Company for the
               Employee, or if no such policy exists, disability which causes
               the Employee to be unable to satisfactorily perform her job
               duties for a period of twelve (12) consecutive months as
               reasonably determined by the Company in its discretion. In such
               cases, no further salary, bonus or other compensation will be
               payable under this Agreement except for any amount of base salary
               and bonus which has accrued but not been paid prior to the date
               of the termination.

          3.6. If the Employee is terminated by the Company other than for Cause
               or if the Employee resigns for Good Reason, for the lesser of a
               period of twelve (12) months from the date her employment
               terminates or until she is gainfully employed, the Employee will
               be entitled to receive continuation of her annual base salary
               then in effect, together with continuation of life and health
               insurance benefits at the level in effect on the date of
               termination or resignation; provided, however, that any benefit
               payable hereunder shall terminate the date the Employee violates
               her covenants under Section 4 hereof. In the event the Company is
               unable to continue the Employee's participation in any such


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               insurance program after the date of such termination or
               resignation, the Company shall provide substantially equivalent
               insurance benefits or reimburse the Employee for the cost of
               acquiring substantially equivalent benefits.

4.       COVENANTS BY EMPLOYEE

          4.1. Definitions: As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
               have the following meanings:

               4.1.1. "Confidential Information" includes trade secrets and all
                    other information disclosed to or known by the Employee as
                    a result of or through the Employee's employment by the
                    Company, including information about the Company's
                    processes, services or products, including all information
                    related to research, development, inventions, production,
                    purchasing, accounting, finances, engineering, marketing,
                    merchandising, and customers' names and accounts but
                    excluding general knowledge in the industry in which the
                    Company is engaged.

               4.1.2. "Inventions" includes any discoveries concepts and ideas
                    regardless of patentability, including but not limited to
                    processes, methods, computer programs and techniques, as
                    well as improvements thereof, concerning any activity of the
                    Company that the Employee may become acquainted with as a
                    result of employment by the Company.

          4.2. Other than as stipulated in Exhibit A, the Employee expressly
               agrees that, except as required in her duty to the Company, she
               will not at any time, in any fashion, either directly or
               indirectly, use, divulge, disseminate, disclose, lecture upon,
               publish articles concerning or communicate to any person, firm or
               corporation in any manner whatsoever any Confidential
               Information, without the prior express approval from the Company.
               The parties hereby stipulate that as between them, all
               Confidential Information is important, material and confidential
               and that the disclosure of such Confidential Information
               materially adversely affects the effective and successful conduct
               of business by the Company and its goodwill, and that any breach
               of the terms of this paragraph is a material breach thereof. The
               Employee agrees to sign any secrecy or nondisclosure agreement
               required by a customer of the Company as a condition of doing
               business with the Company, and to provide the Company with a
               signed copy of said agreement. Upon termination of her employment
               with the Company, the Employee shall leave with the Company all
               documents, records, notebooks and other repositories containing
               Confidential Information, including any and all copies thereof
               then in the Employee's possession whether prepared by him or
               others.

          4.3. Other than as stipulated in Exhibit A, the Employee agrees not to
               assert any rights to, and expressly assigns to the Company as the
               Company's exclusive property, all ideas, innovations,
               discoveries, improvements, Inventions, trademarks, computer
               programs and/or systems and other developments or improvements
               conceived by the Employee, alone or with others, during the term
               of her employment, whether or not during working hours, that are
               within the scope of the Company's business operations or that
               relate to any work or projects of the Company. The Employee
               agrees to assist the Company, at the Company's expense, to obtain
               patents or copyrights on any protectable ideas and Inventions, to
               obtain trademarks, to exploit other developments and to execute
               all documents


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               necessary to obtain such patents, copyrights, trademarks, or
               other developments in the name of the Company.

          4.4. The Employee agrees that during the term of this Agreement and
               for a period of one (1) year after the expiration of this
               Agreement or termination of her employment with the Company,
               without the prior written consent of the Company (which consent
               will not be unreasonably withheld), she will not directly or
               indirectly own, operate, manage, control, participate in the
               management or control of, be employed by act as a consultant for,
               provide or facilitate the provision of financing for, assist, or
               maintain or continue any interest whatsoever (other than stock
               ownership in any publicly owned company not exceeding five
               percent (5%) of the outstanding stock of such company) in any of
               the Company's customers, served by her or by any other principal
               or employee of the Company during the term of her employment with
               the Company, or in any enterprise in the United States or Canada
               engaged in a business that is directly competitive with the
               Company. Without implied limitation, the foregoing covenant shall
               include hiring or engaging or attempting to hire or engage for or
               on behalf of herself or any competitor any officer or employee of
               the Company or any of its subsidiaries, encouraging for on behalf
               of herself or any competitor, any such officer or employee to
               terminate her or her relationship or employment with the Company
               or any of its subsidiaries, soliciting for or on behalf of
               herself or any competitor any person or entity which was a client
               of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, soliciting for or on
               behalf of herself or any competitor any person or entity which
               was a client of her employment with the Company, and diverting to
               any person or entity any client or business opportunity which
               relates to the business of the Company or any of its direct
               subsidiaries.

          4.5. The Employee expressly agrees that the terms and condition
               of this Section 4 shall remain in full force and effect during
               and after termination of this Agreement for a period of 18
               months. The parties hereto agree and declare that monetary
               damages will be insufficient to fully compensate the Company
               for its losses in the event that the Employee breaches the
               covenants contained in this Section 4. Therefore, the Company
               will be entitled to enjoin the Employee from any threatened or
               actual violation of any covenant contained herein, and the
               Employee will not raise as a defense to any action or proceeding
               for an injunction the claim that the Company would be adequately
               compensated by monetary damages.

5.       DISPUTE RESOLUTION

          5.1. Except with respect to matters as to which injunctive relief is
               being sought, any dispute arising out of or relating to this
               Agreement, or the breach, termination or validity hereof shall be
               finally settled by binding arbitration conducted expeditiously in
               accordance with J.A.M.S./Endispute Comprehensive Arbitration
               Rules and Procedures (the "J.A.M.S. Rules"). The arbitration
               shall be governed by the United States Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C.
               Section 1-16, and judgement upon the award rendered by the
               arbitrators may be entered by any court having jurisdiction
               thereof. The place of arbitration shall be New York City, New
               York.


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          5.2. Such proceedings shall be administered by the neutral arbitrator
               in accordance with J.A.M.S. Rules as the arbitrator deems
               appropriate, however, such proceedings shall be guided by the
               following agreed upon procedures:

               5.2.1. Mandatory exchange of all relevant documents, to be
                    accomplished within thirty (30) days of the initiation of
                    the procedure;

               5.2.2. no other discovery;

               5.2.3. hearings before the neutral arbitrator which shall consist
                    of a summary presentation by each side of no more than three
                    3 hours; such hearings to take place on one or two days at a
                    maximum; and

               5.2.4. decision to be rendered not more than ten (10) days
                    following such hearings.

6.       MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

          6.1. Employee hereby represents and warrants that she is free to make
               this Agreement and the making hereof and/or performance hereunder
               by her will not violate the legal and/or equitable rights of any
               third party.

          6.2. This Agreement embodies the entire understanding of the parties
               and there are no promises, terms, covenants, conditions or
               obligations or other written, expressed or implied agreements
               other than those contained herein. No change or modification of
               the Agreement will be valid unless the same will be in writing
               and signed by both parties hereto.

          6.3. The failure of Company to act or exercise its rights under this
               Agreement upon the breach of any of the terms or conditions
               hereof by the Employee, shall not be construed as a waiver of
               such breach, nor prevent Company from hereafter enforcing strict
               compliance with any and all of the terms and conditions herein
               set forth. If any provision of the Agreement is declared void,
               all of the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall
               nevertheless remain in full force and effect, and no provisions
               shall be deemed dependent upon any other provision.

          6.4.

               6.4.1. The employment by Company of Employee is being effected
                    because of Employee's special capabilities and
                    qualifications and all of her rights, benefits and duties
                    hereunder are, therefore, not assignable or transferable in
                    any manner, except to the extent that any benefit hereunder
                    may be payable to her estate.

               6.4.2. The Company's obligations and duties under this Agreement
                    shall be binding upon any successor, and this Agreement
                    shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by any such
                    successor to the Company.

          6.5. This Employment Agreement will be construed and enforced in
               accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

          6.6. Employee certifies that she has read the entire contents of this
               Agreement before signing her name hereto, that she was encouraged
               and afforded sufficient opportunity by Employer to obtain legal
               advice prior to her executing this Agreement and that she fully
               understands all of the terms, conditions, and provisions set
               forth herein.

          6.7. If any provision of this Agreement shall be deemed unenforceable,
               prohibited, or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall
               be ineffective to the extent of such unenforceability,
               prohibition, or invalidity, but no other provision of this


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               Agreement shall be invalidate thereby, and the remainder of this
               Agreement shall remain enforceable and in effect.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement on
     the day and year first above written.

     WEBHELP.COM INC.                                EMPLOYEE

     By:       /s/ Kerry Adler                   /s/ Laura Hantho
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                                                    Laura J. Hantho