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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.17

                              CERIDIAN CORPORATION
                              AMENDED AND RESTATED
                    2001 DIRECTOR PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN

1.    Purpose of Plan.

      The purpose of the Ceridian Corporation 2001 Director Performance
Incentive Plan (the "Plan") is to advance the interest of Ceridian Corporation,
a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and its stockholders by enabling the
Company to attract and retain the services of experienced and knowledgeable
non-employee directors, to increase the proprietary interests of such
non-employee directors in the Company's long-term success and their
identification with the interests of the Company's stockholders.

2.    Definitions.

      The following terms will have the meanings set forth below, unless the
context clearly otherwise requires:

      2.1 "Annual Retainer" means the annual cash retainer or meeting fees
payable to an Eligible Director for services as a member of the Board paid to an
Eligible Director during the fiscal year, excluding any cash retainer or meeting
fees paid an Eligible Director for serving as the chair of a committee during
the fiscal year.

      2.2 "Annual Retainer Election" means the election made or deemed to have
been made by an Eligible Director relating to their Annual Retainer, as provided
in Section 7.1 hereof.

      2.3 "Award" means an Option, Restricted Stock Award, or Retainer Share
Award granted to an Eligible Director pursuant to the Plan.

      2.4 "Board" means the Board of Directors of the Company.

      2.5 "Broker Exercise Notice" means a written notice pursuant to which an
Eligible Director, upon exercise of an Option, irrevocably instructs a broker or
dealer to sell a sufficient number of shares or loan a sufficient amount of
money to pay all or a portion of the exercise price of the Option and/or any
related withholding tax obligations and remit such sums to the Company and
directs the Company to deliver stock certificates to be issued upon such
exercise directly to such broker or dealer.

      2.6 "Change of Control" shall mean the first of the following events to
occur:

            (a) there is consummated a merger or consolidation to which the
Company or any direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company is a party if the
merger or consolidation would result in the voting securities of the Company
outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to
represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting
securities of the surviving entity or any parent thereof) less than 60% of the
combined voting power of the securities of the
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Company or such surviving entity or any parent thereof outstanding immediately
after such merger or consolidation; or

            (b) the direct or indirect beneficial ownership (as defined in Rule
13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) in the aggregate of securities
of the Company representing 20% or more of the total combined voting power of
the Company's then issued and outstanding securities is acquired by any person
or entity or group of associated persons or entities acting in concert;
provided, however, that for purposes of hereof, the following acquisitions shall
not constitute a Change of Control: (i) any acquisition by the Company or any of
its subsidiaries, (ii) any acquisition directly from the Company or any of its
subsidiaries, (iii) any acquisition by any employee benefit plan (or related
trust or fiduciary) sponsored or maintained by the Company or any corporation
controlled by the Company, (iv) any acquisition by an underwriter temporarily
holding securities pursuant to an offering of such securities, (v) any
acquisition by a corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders
of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock
of the Company (vi) any acquisition in connection with which, pursuant to Rule
13d-1 promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act, the individual, entity or group
is permitted to, and actually does, report its beneficial ownership on Schedule
13-G (or any successor Schedule); provided that, if any such individual, entity
or group subsequently becomes required to or does report its beneficial
ownership on Schedule 13D (or any successor Schedule), then, for purposes of
this paragraph, such individual, entity or group shall be deemed to have first
acquired, on the first date on which such individual, entity or group becomes
required to or does so report, beneficial ownership of all of the voting
securities of the Company beneficially owned by it on such date, and (vii) any
acquisition in connection with a merger or consolidation which, pursuant to
paragraph (a) above, does not constitute a Change of Control; or

            (c) there is consummated a transaction contemplated by an agreement
for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the
Company 's assets, other than a sale or disposition by the Company of all or
substantially all of the Company 's assets to an entity, at least 60% of the
combined voting power of the voting securities of which are owned by
stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their
ownership of the Company immediately prior to such sale; or

            (d) the stockholders of the Company approve any plan or proposal for
the liquidation of the Company; or

            (e) a change in the composition of the Board such that the
"Continuity Directors" cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of
the Board. For purposes of this clause, "Continuity Directors" means those
members of the Board who either (i) were directors on January 29, 2002 or (ii)
were elected by, or on the nomination or recommendation of, at least a
two-thirds (2/3) majority of the then-existing Board (other than a director
whose initial assumption of office was in connection with an actual or
threatened election contest, including but not limited to a consent
solicitation, relating to the election of directors of the Company); or

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            (f) such other event or transaction as the Board shall determine
constitutes a Change of Control.

      2.7 "Code" means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

      2.8 "Committee" means the group of individuals administering the Plan, as
provided in Section 3 of the Plan.

      2.9 "Common Stock" means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.01
per share, or the number and kind of shares of stock or other securities into
which such Common Stock may be changed in accordance with Section 4.3 of the
Plan.

      2.10 "Deferred Shares" shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a)
hereof.

      2.11 "Deferred Stock Account" means a book keeping account established and
maintained by the Committee to evidence amounts credited with respect to an
Eligible Director's election to receive a portion of his or her Annual Retainer
in the form of Retainer Deferred Share Awards.

      2.12 "Disability" means the disability of an Eligible Director such as
would entitle the Eligible Director to receive disability income benefits
pursuant to the long-term disability plan of the Company then covering the
Eligible Director or, if no such plan exists or is applicable to the Eligible
Director, the permanent and total disability of the Eligible Director within the
meaning of Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

      2.13 "Eligible Directors" means all non-employee directors, within the
meaning of Rule 16b3(b)(3)(i) or any successor provision, of the Company who are
not employees of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company.

      2.14 "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

      2.15 "Fair Market Value" means, with respect to the Common Stock, as of
any date (or, if no shares were traded or quoted on such date, as of the next
preceding date on which there was such a trade or quote), the closing market
price per share of the Common Stock, at the end of the regular trading session,
which as of the effective date of this Plan is 4:00 p.m., New York City time, as
reported on the New York Stock Exchange Composite Tape on that date.

      2.16 "Issuance Year" means the year in which the Award was made to an
Eligible Director.

      2.17 "Option" means a right to purchase 4,000 shares of Common Stock
(subject to adjustment as provided in Section 4.3 of the Plan) granted to an
Eligible Director pursuant to Section 6 of the Plan that does not qualify as an
"incentive stock option" within the meaning of Section 422 of the Code.

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      2.18 "Restricted Shares" means shares of Common Stock that are the subject
of a Restricted Stock Award, and therefore subject to the restrictions on
transferability and the risk of forfeiture imposed by the provisions of Sections
5 and 8.1 of the Plan.

      2.19 "Restricted Stock Award" means an award of Restricted Shares to an
Eligible Director pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan.

      2.20 "Retainer Deferred Share Award" means that portion of the Annual
Retainer that an Eligible Director has elected to defer in the form of a credit
to the Eligible Director's Deferred Stock Account pursuant to Section 7.3 of the
Plan.

      2.21 "Retainer Restricted Share Award" means that portion of an Eligible
Director's Annual Retainer that the Eligible Director has elected to receive in
the form of Restricted Shares pursuant to Section 7.2 of the Plan.

      2.22 "Retainer Share Award" means a Retainer Deferred Share Award and/or a
Retainer Restricted Share Award.

      2.23 "Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

3.    Plan Administration.

      The Plan will be administered by the Nominating and Board Governance
Committee of the Board, or any successor committee thereto (the "Committee").
The Committee may retain such actuarial, accounting, legal, clerical and other
services as may reasonably be required in the administration of the Plan, and
may pay reasonable compensation for such services. The Company will pay all
costs of administering the Plan. All questions of interpretation of the Plan
will be determined by the Committee, each determination, interpretation or other
action made or taken by the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan
will be conclusive and binding for all purposes and on all persons, and no
member of the Committee will be liable for any action or determination made in
good faith with respect to the Plan or any Award granted under the Plan. The
Committee, however, will have no power to determine the eligibility for
participation in the Plan, the number of shares of Common Stock to be subject to
Awards, or the timing, pricing or other terms and conditions of the Awards.

4.    Shares Available for Issuance.

      4.1 Maximum Number of Shares Available. Subject to adjustment as provided
in Section 4.3 of the Plan, the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that
will be available for issuance under the Plan will be 350,000 shares. The shares
available for issuance under the Plan may, at the election of the Committee, be
either treasury shares or shares authorized but unissued, and, if treasury
shares are used, all references in the Plan to the issuance of shares will, for
corporate law purposes, be deemed to mean the transfer of shares from treasury.

      4.2 Accounting for Awards. Shares of Common Stock that are issued under
the Plan or that are subject to outstanding Awards will be applied to reduce the
maximum

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number of shares of Common Stock remaining available for issuance under the
Plan. Any shares of Common Stock that are subject to an Award that lapses,
expires, or for any reason is terminated unexercised will automatically again
become available for issuance under the Plan.

      4.3 Adjustments to Shares and Awards. In the event of any reorganization,
merger, consolidation, recapitalization, liquidation, reclassification, stock
dividend, stock split, combination of shares, rights offering, divestiture or
extraordinary dividend (including a spin-off) or any other change in the
corporate structure or shares of the Company, the Committee (or, if the Company
is not the surviving corporation in any such transaction, the board of directors
of the surviving corporation) will make appropriate adjustment (which
determination will be conclusive) as to the number and kind of securities
available for issuance under the Plan and, in order to prevent dilution or
enlargement of the rights of Eligible Directors, the number, kind and, where
applicable, exercise price of securities subject to outstanding Awards.

5.    Restricted Stock Awards.

      5.1 Grants to New Directors. At such time after the effective date of this
Plan as additional Eligible Directors are first elected or appointed to the
Board to fill new directorships or to fill vacancies, each such Eligible
Director will receive, on a one-time basis on the date of his or her first
election or appointment to the Board, a Restricted Stock Award. The number of
Restricted Shares to be awarded to each such Eligible Director pursuant to such
Restricted Stock Award shall be determined by first multiplying the dollar value
of the Annual Retainer paid to Eligible Directors by 2.5, then dividing that
result by the average closing price of a share of Common Stock, at the end of
the regular trading session, which as of the effective date of this Plan is 4:00
p.m., New York City time, on the New York Stock Exchange for the ten trading
days immediately prior to the date of such Eligible Director's first election or
appointment to the Board, and then rounding the result to the nearest 100
shares. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Eligible Directors who are first elected
or appointed to the Board in connection with the spin-off transaction described
in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10, as filed with the Securities
Exchange Commission on December 6, 2000 and as subsequently amended or
supplemented, will not receive the above mentioned Restricted Stock Award.

      5.2 Restrictions. Restricted Shares issued to an Eligible Director may not
be sold, assigned or otherwise transferred, or subjected to any lien, either
voluntarily or -involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, until such time
and only to the extent that such restrictions on transferability have lapsed as
provided in this Section 5.2, Section 8.1 or Section 9. For purposes of this
Plan, the lapsing of such transferability restrictions is referred to as
"vesting," and Restricted Shares that are no longer subject to such
transferability restrictions are referred to as "vested." Except as provided in
Section 8.1 or Section 9, 20% of the total number of Restricted Shares subject
to a Restricted Stock Award granted pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof will vest on
each of the first five anniversary dates of the date such Restricted Stock Award
was first granted.

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      5.3 Dividends and Distributions. Unless the Committee determines otherwise
in its sole discretion (either in the agreement evidencing the Restricted Stock
Award at the time of grant or at any time after the grant of the Restricted
Stock Award), any dividends or distributions (including regular quarterly cash
dividends) paid with respect to Restricted Shares will be currently paid to the
Eligible Director and will be subject to the same restrictions as the Restricted
Shares to which such dividends or distributions relate. In the event the
Committee determines not to pay such dividends or distributions currently, the
Committee will determine in its sole discretion whether any interest will be
paid on such dividends or distributions. In addition, the Committee, in its sole
discretion, may require such dividends and distributions to be reinvested (and
in such case the Eligible Director consent to such reinvestment) in shares of
Common Stock that will be subject to the same restrictions as the shares to
which such dividends or distributions relate.

      5.4 Rights as a Stockholder. Except as provided in this Section 5 and in
Section 8.1, an Eligible Director will have all voting, dividend and other
rights with respect to Restricted Shares issued to the Eligible Director upon
the Eligible Director becoming the holder of record of such Restricted Shares as
if such Eligible Director were a holder of record of shares of unrestricted
Common Stock.

      5.5 Enforcement of Restrictions. To enforce the restrictions referred to
in this Section 5, the Committee will place a legend on the stock certificates
referring to such restrictions and will require Eligible Directors, until the
Restricted Shares vest, to keep the stock certificates, together with duly
endorsed stock powers, in the custody of the Company or its transfer agent or to
maintain evidence of stock ownership, together with duly endorsed stock powers
if required, in a certificateless book-entry stock account with the Company's
transfer agent for its Common Stock.

6.    Options.

      6.1 Grant. Each Eligible Director will be granted on an annual basis, at
such time as the Eligible Director is elected or re-elected to the Board by the
stockholders of the Company, an Option. Such Option will be granted only upon
such election or re-election of the Eligible Director, and no Option will be
granted if the Eligible Director is not so elected or re-elected.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Eligible Director who is first elected to the
Board by the Company's stockholders in connection with the spin-off transaction
described in the Company's Registration Statement on Form 10, as filed with the
Securities Exchange Commission on September 27, 2000 and as subsequently amended
or supplemented, will not receive an Option under this Section 6.1 until such
eligible director is re-elected to the Board by the stockholders of the Company.

      6.2 Exercise Price. The per share price to be paid by an Eligible Director
upon exercise of an Option will be 100% of the Fair Market Value of one share of
Common Stock on the date of grant. The total purchase price of the shares to be
purchased upon exercise of an Option will be paid entirely in cash (including
check, bank draft or money order), or such payment may be made, in whole or in
part, by tender of a Broker Exercise Notice.

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      6.3 Exercisability and Duration. Other than as provided in Sections 8.1 or
9 of the Plan, each Option will become exercisable in full six months following
its date of grant and will expire and will no longer be exercisable 10 years
from its date of grant.

      6.4 Manner of Exercise. An Option may be exercised by an Eligible
Director, in whole or in part from time to time, subject to the conditions
contained in the Plan and in the agreement evidencing such Option, by delivery
in person, by facsimile or electronic transmission or through the mail, of
written notice of exercise to the Company, Attention: Corporate Treasury, at its
principal executive office in Bloomington, Minnesota and by paying in full the
total exercise price for the shares of Common Stock to be purchased in
accordance with Section 6.2 of the Plan.

      6.5 Rights as a Stockholder. As a holder of Options, an Eligible Director
will have no rights as a stockholder unless and until such Options are exercised
for shares of Common Stock and the Eligible Director becomes the holder of
record of such shares. No adjustment will be made for dividends or distributions
with respect to Options as to which there is a record date preceding the date
the Eligible Director becomes the holder of record of such shares.

7.    Payment of Portion of Annual Retainer in Retainer Share Award.

      7.1 Annual Retainer Election. Each year an Eligible Director must elect to
receive fifty percent (50%) (or such other greater percentage as the Committee
shall determine) or more of his or her Annual Retainer in the form of (a)
Retainer Restricted Share Awards pursuant to Section 7.2 hereof, (b) Retainer
Deferred Share Awards pursuant to Section 7.3 hereof, or (c) a combination of
Retainer Restricted Share Awards and Retainer Deferred Share Awards ("Annual
Retainer Election"). The Annual Retainer Election is made by the Eligible
Director by filing, no later than December 31 of each year (or by such other
date as the Committee shall determine), an irrevocable election with the Company
on a form provided for that purpose. The Annual Retainer Election shall be
effective with respect to the Annual Retainer payable on or after January 1 of
the following year. The Annual Retainer Election form shall specify an amount to
be received in the form of Retainer Restricted Share Awards and/or Retainer
Deferred Share Awards expressed as a dollar amount or as a percentage of the
Eligible Director's Annual Retainer. The issuance of such a Retainer Restricted
Share Award or Retainer Deferred Share Award shall be in lieu of payment of that
portion of the Annual Retainer in cash. In the event that an Eligible Director
fails to make a valid Annual Retainer Election, such Eligible Director shall be
deemed to have elected to receive fifty percent (50%) (or such other greater
percentage as the Committee shall determine) of his or her Annual Retainer in
the form of Retainer Restricted Share Awards.

      7.2 Retainer Restricted Share Awards.

            (a) On the first trading day of each calendar year, an Eligible
Director may be granted a Retainer Restricted Share Award. The number of shares
of Common Stock to be awarded to each Eligible Director pursuant to a Retainer
Restricted Share Award shall be determined based on dividing the dollar amount
of the portion of the

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Annual Retainer that the Eligible Director elected to receive (or is deemed to
have elected to receive) in the form of a Retainer Restricted Share Award by the
average closing price of a share of Common Stock, at the end of the regular
trading session, which as of the effective date of this Plan is 4:00 p.m., New
York City time, on the New York Stock Exchange for the last ten trading days of
the immediately preceding calendar year, rounded up to the nearest whole share.

            (b) Shares subject to a Retainer Restricted Share Award may not be
sold, assigned or otherwise transferred, or subjected to any lien, either
voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, until such time
as the Eligible Director's service as a director of the Company ceases. In
addition, a portion of the shares subject to an Eligible Director's most recent
Retainer Restricted Share Award shall be forfeited if the Eligible Director's
service as a director of the Company ceases for any' reason prior to December 31
of the Issuance Year (unless such service terminates following a Change of
Control). The portion of the shares subject to a Retainer Restricted Share Award
that shall be forfeited pursuant to this Section 7.2(b) shall be determined by
multiplying the number of shares subject to such Retainer Restricted Share Award
by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days remaining in the
Issuance Year after the date of such Eligible Director's cessation of service as
a director and the denominator of which is 365, rounded down to the nearest
whole share.

            (c) Except as otherwise provided in this Section 7.2, an Eligible
Director will have all voting, dividend, distribution and other rights with
respect to shares subject to a Retainer Restricted Share Award upon the Eligible
Director becoming the holder of record of such shares as if such Eligible
Director were a holder of record of shares of unrestricted Common Stock.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Committee determines otherwise in its
sole discretion, any dividends or distributions (including regular quarterly
cash dividends) paid with respect to a Retainer Restricted Share Award will be
currently paid to the Eligible Director and will be subject to the same
restrictions as the Retainer Restricted Share Awards to which such dividends or
distributions relate. In the event the Committee determines not to pay such
dividends or distributions currently, the Committee will determine in its sole
discretion whether any interest will be paid on such dividends or distributions.
In addition, the Committee, in its sole discretion, may require such dividends
and distributions to be reinvested (and in such case the Eligible Director
consents to such reinvestment) in shares of Common Stock that will be subject to
the same restrictions as the shares to which such dividends or distributions
relate.

            (d) To enforce the restrictions referred to in this Section 7.2,
ownership of shares subject to a Retainer Restricted Share Award will be
evidenced in a certificateless book-entry stock account in the name of each
Eligible Director with the Company's transfer agent for its Common Stock. A
certificate for the number of shares in such a book-entry account that are not
subject to forfeiture pursuant to Section 7.2(b) hereof will be issued to the
applicable Eligible Director when such director's term of service on the
Company's Board ceases.

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      7.3 Retainer Deferred Share Awards.

            (a) On the first trading day of the calendar year, an Eligible
Director shall receive a credit to his or her Deferred Stock Account equal to
the number of shares of Common Stock ("Deferred Shares") determined by dividing
an amount equal to the amount of the Annual Retainer that the Eligible Director
elected to receive in the form of Retainer Deferred Share Award by the average
closing price of a share of Common Stock, at the end of the regular trading
session, which as of the effective date of this Plan is 4:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the New York Stock Exchange for the last ten trading days of the
immediately preceding calendar year, rounded up to the nearest whole share. In
the event an Eligible Director's services as a director of the Company cease for
any reason prior to December 31 of the Issuance Year (unless such service
terminates following a Change of Control), a portion of the Deferred Shares
credited to the Eligible Director's Deferred Stock Account will be forfeited in
an amount equal to the Deferred Shares multiplied by a fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of days remaining in the Issuance Year after the date of
such Eligible Director's cessation of service as a director and the denominator
of which is 365, rounded up to the nearest whole share.

            (b) Each time a cash dividend is paid on the Common Stock, the
Eligible Director shall receive a credit to his or her Deferred Stock Account
equal to that number of shares of Common Stock (rounded to the nearest whole
share) having a Fair Market Value on the dividend payment date equal to the
amount of the cash dividend payable on the number of shares credited to the
Eligible Director's Deferred Stock Account on the dividend record date.

            (c) At the time of making the Annual Retainer Election, each
Eligible Director shall also complete a deferral payment election specifying one
of the payment options described in Section 7.3(d) below. The Eligible Director
may change the deferral payment election by means of filing with the Company a
subsequent Annual Retainer Election form providing for a new deferral payment
election. This subsequent deferral payment election will take effect (i)
immediately upon receipt for deferrals credited after the date the Company
receives such subsequent deferral payment election and (ii) provided the
Eligible Director remains an Eligible Director, at the beginning of the second
calendar year following the date of the revised deferral payment election for
deferrals previously credited to the Eligible Director's Deferred Stock Account.

            (d) An Eligible Director may elect to receive payment of his or her
Deferred Stock Account in a lump sum on January 10 of the year (or the first
business day thereafter) following the Eligible Director's termination of
service on the Board or in five, ten or fifteen annual installments beginning on
January 10 of the year (or the first business day thereafter) following the
Eligible Director's termination of service on the Board. If an Eligible Director
fails to make a deferral payment election, such Eligible Director shall be
deemed to have elected a single lump sum payment. All payments shall be made in
shares of Common Stock plus cash in lieu of any fractional share. If an Eligible
Director elects to receive installment payments from his or her Deferred Stock
Account, the amount of each installment payment shall be computed as the number
of shares credited to the Eligible Director's Deferred Stock Account, multiplied
by a

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fraction, the numerator of which is one and the denominator of which is the
total number of installments elected (i.e. five, ten or fifteen) minus the
number of installments previously paid. Amounts paid prior to the final
installment payment shall be rounded to the nearest whole number of shares; the
final installment payment shall be for the whole number of shares then credited
to the Eligible Director's Deferred Stock Account, together with cash in lieu of
any fractional share. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Change of
Control, credits to an Eligible Director's Deferred Stock Account as of the
business day immediately prior to the effective date of the transaction
constituting the Change of Control shall be paid in full to the Eligible
Director or the Eligible Director's beneficiary or estate, as the case may be,
in whole shares of Common Stock (together with cash in lieu of a fractional
share) on such date.

            (e) If an Eligible Director dies before receiving all payments to
which he or she is entitled under this Section 7.3 of the Plan, payment shall be
made in accordance with the Eligible Director's designation of a beneficiary on
a form provided for that purpose and delivered to and accepted by the Committee
(as hereinafter defined) or, in the absence of a valid designation or if the
designated beneficiary does not survive the Eligible Director, to such Eligible
Director's estate.

            (f) No right to receive payments under this Section 7.3 of the Plan
nor any shares of Common Stock credited to an Eligible Director's Deferred Stock
Account shall be assignable or transferable by an Eligible Director other than
by will or the laws of descent and distribution. The designation of a
beneficiary by an Eligible Director pursuant to Section 7.3(e) does not
constitute a transfer.

            (g) Benefits due under this Section 7.3 of the Plan shall be funded
out of the general funds of the Company. The Eligible Directors and
beneficiaries thereof shall be general, unsecured creditors of the Company with
respect to any payments to be made pursuant to this Section 7.3 of the Plan and
shall not have any preferred interest by way of trust, escrow, lien or otherwise
in any specific assets of the Company. If the Company shall, in fact, elect to
set aside monies or other assets to meet its obligations under this Section 7.3
of the Plan (there being no obligation to do so), whether in a grantor trust or
otherwise, the same shall, nevertheless, be regarded as a part of the general
assets of the Company subject to the claims of its general creditors, and
neither any Eligible Director nor any beneficiary of any Eligible Director shall
have a legal, beneficial, or security interest therein.

8.    Effect of Termination of Service as Director.

      8.1 Options and Restricted Shares.

            (a) Termination Due to Death or Disability. If an Eligible
Director's service as a director of the Company is terminated by reason of death
or Disability, all outstanding Options then held by the Eligible Director will
become immediately exercisable in full and will remain exercisable for the
remainder of their terms, and all Restricted Shares then held by such Eligible
Director shall immediately and fully vest.

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            (b) Voluntary Termination. If an Eligible Director voluntarily
resigns from the Board (which does not include the submission of an offer not to
stand for re-election as a director in accordance with Company policies) prior
to a Change of Control, the Eligible Director shall forfeit all Restricted
Shares not yet vested, and outstanding Options then held by the Eligible
Director will remain exercisable for a period of three months after such
termination (but in no event after the expiration date of any such Option) only
to the extent they were exercisable as of such termination.

            (c) Termination for Other Reasons. If an Eligible Director's service
as a director of the Company terminates for any reason other than those
specified in Sections 8.1(a) and (b) prior to a Change of Control, the portion
of such Eligible Director's Restricted Shares that were scheduled to vest on the
next vesting date following the date of such termination shall immediately vest,
but all remaining unvested Restricted Shares shall be forfeited, and outstanding
Options then held by the Eligible Director will remain exercisable until the
expiration date of each such Option only to the extent such Options were
exercisable as of such termination.

      8.2 Retainer Share Awards. If an Eligible Director's service as a director
of the Company ceases for any reason or no reason at all, all outstanding
Retainer Share Awards then held by the Eligible Director shall be treated as
provided for in Sections 7.2 and 7.3 hereof.

      8.3 Date of Termination of Service as a Director. An Eligible Director's
service as a director of the Company will, for purposes of the Plan, be deemed
to have terminated on the date recorded on the personnel or other records of the
Company, as determined by the Committee based upon such records.

9.    Effect of a Change of Control.

      Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the Plan, upon the
occurrence of a Change of Control of the Company, the Restricted Shares subject
to the Restricted Stock Award shall immediately and fully vest and become free
from restrictions, and each Option shall become fully exercisable. Upon a Change
of Control, all outstanding Options then held by an Eligible Director will
remain exercisable for the remainder of the Option term.

10.   Rights of Eligible Directors; Transferability of Interests.

      10.1 Service as a Director. Nothing in the Plan will interfere with or
limit in any way the right of the stockholders of the Company to remove an
Eligible Director, and neither the Plan, nor the granting of an Award nor any
other action taken pursuant to the Plan, will constitute or be evidence of any
agreement or understanding, express or implied, that the stockholders of the
Company will re-elect an Eligible Director for any period of time or at any
particular rate of compensation.

      10.2 Restrictions on Transfer of Interests. Except pursuant to
testamentary will or the laws of descent and distribution or as otherwise
expressly permitted by the Plan, no right or interest of any Eligible Director
in an Award prior to the exercise of Options or

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the vesting of Restricted Shares will be assignable or transferable, or
subjected to any lien, during the lifetime of the Eligible Director, either
voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise. An Eligible
Director will, however, be entitled to designate a beneficiary to receive an
Award upon such Eligible Director's death, and in the event of an Eligible
Director's death, payment of any amounts due under the Plan will be made to, and
exercise of any Options (to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 6 of the
Plan) may be made by, the Eligible Director's legal representatives, heirs and
legatees.

      10.3 Non-Exclusivity of the Plan. Nothing contained in the Plan is
intended to create any limitations on the power or authority of the Board to
adopt such additional or other compensation arrangements for non-employee
directors as the Board may deem necessary or desirable.

11.   Securities Law and Other Restrictions.

      Notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan or any agreements entered
into pursuant to the Plan, the Company will not be required to issue any shares
of Common Stock under this Plan, and an Eligible Director may not sell, assign,
transfer or otherwise dispose of shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to
Awards granted under the Plan, unless (a) there is in effect with respect to
such shares a registration statement under the Securities Act and any applicable
state securities laws or an exemption from such registration under the
Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, and (b) there has been
obtained any other consent, approval or permit from any other regulatory body
which the Committee, in its sole discretion, deems necessary or advisable. The
Company may condition such issuance, sale or transfer upon the receipt of any
representations or agreements from the parties involved, and the placement of
any legends on certificates representing shares of Common Stock, as may be
deemed necessary or advisable by the Company in order to comply with such
securities law or other restrictions.

12.   Plan Amendment, Modification and Termination.

      The Board may suspend or terminate the Plan or any portion thereof at any
time, and may amend the Plan from time to time in such respects as the Board may
deem advisable in order that Awards under the Plan will conform to any change in
applicable laws or regulations or in any other respect the Board may deem to be
in the best interests of the Company; provided, however, that no amendments to
the Plan will be effective without approval of the stockholders of the Company
if stockholder approval of the amendment is then required pursuant to the rules
of the New York Stock Exchange or any similar regulatory body. No termination,
suspension or amendment of the Plan may adversely affect any outstanding Award
without the consent of the affected Eligible Director; provided, however, that
this sentence will not impair the right of the Committee to take whatever action
it deems appropriate under Section 4.3 of the Plan.

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13.   Effective Date and Duration of the Plan.

      The Plan was effective as of November 28, 2000 ("Effective Date"), the
date it was adopted by the Board and approved by the Company's sole stockholder.
The provisions of the Amended and Restated 2001 Director Performance Incentive
Plan shall apply only to Awards granted after the effective date of the
restatement, which was January 29, 2002. Awards granted prior to the effective
date of the restatement will continue to be governed by the provisions of the
Plan as in effect immediately prior to the effective date of the restatement.
The Plan will terminate at midnight on May 31, 2005, and may be terminated prior
thereto by Board action, and no Award will be granted after such termination.
Awards outstanding upon termination of the Plan may continue to be exercised or
to vest in accordance with their terms.

14.   Miscellaneous.

      14.1 Governing Law. Notwithstanding conflict of law provisions, the
validity, construction, interpretation, administration and effect of the Plan
and any rules, regulations and actions relating to the Plan will be governed by
and construed exclusively in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware.

      14.2 Successors and Assigns. The Plan will be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the successors and permitted assigns of the Company and the
Eligible Directors.

      14.3 No Representation or Warranty. The Company makes no representation or
warranty regarding whether the tax consequences surrounding an Award, and the
Company recommends that the Eligible Director consult with his or her own
advisors before making any determination regarding the election to receive,
exercise or the sale of an Award.

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                                                                   EXHIBIT 10.18

                              CERIDIAN CORPORATION

                          STOCK OPTION AWARD AGREEMENT

          AMENDED AND RESTATED 2001 DIRECTOR PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE PLAN

This Agreement is between Ceridian Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
"Company"), and ______________ (the "Participant") as of May __, __________ (the
"Date of Grant") pursuant to the Amended and Restated 2001 Director Performance
Incentive Plan of the Company (the "Plan") to evidence the granting of an Option
to the Participant pursuant to the Plan. Any capitalized term used and not
otherwise defined herein shall have the same meaning as set forth in the Plan.

1.    Effective as of the Date of Grant, the Company has granted to the
      Participant the option to purchase from the Company, and the Company has
      agreed to sell to the Participant, 4,000 shares of Common Stock at a price
      of $______ per share (the "Option").

2.    Subject to the provisions of paragraph 3 and 4, this Option shall become
      exercisable in full on November __, ____ (six months from the Date of
      Grant), and shall become void and expire at midnight (Minneapolis time) on
      the tenth anniversary of the Date of Grant and may not be exercised after
      that time.

3.    If the Participant's service as a director of the Company ceases by reason
      of death or Disability, the Option shall become immediately exercisable in
      full and remain exercisable for the period specified in paragraph 2 of
      this Agreement. If the Participant voluntarily resigns from the Board
      (which does not include the submission of an offer not to stand
      re-election as a director in accordance with Company policies), the
      Participant shall have three months following the date of such cessation
      of service as a director to exercise this Option (but in no event after
      the time it becomes void and expires as set forth in paragraph 2), but
      only to the extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise it as of
      the date of such cessation. If the Participant's service as a director of
      the Company ceases for any reason other than those specified earlier in
      this paragraph, this Option shall remain exercisable until the time it
      becomes void and expires as set forth in paragraph 2, but only to the
      extent that the Participant was entitled to exercise it as of the date of
      such cessation.

4.    If a Change of Control of the Company occurs, the Option shall become
      fully exercisable and will remain exercisable for the applicable period
      specified in paragraphs 2 this Agreement, notwithstanding the provisions
      of paragraph 3 of this Agreement.

5.    This Option grant and the Option forming a part hereof, shall be
      nontransferable (i.e., it may not be sold, pledged, donated or otherwise
      assigned or transferred) by
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      the Participant, either voluntarily or involuntarily, expect by will or in
      accordance with applicable laws of descent and distribution. This Option
      shall be exercisable during the Participant's lifetime only by the
      Participant or by the Participant's guardian or other legal
      representative.

6.    Any notice of Option exercise must specify the number of shares with
      respect to which the Option is being exercised and be accompanied by
      either (i) payment in full of the purchase price for the shares exercised
      or (ii) a properly completed and executed Broker Exercise Notice. The
      exercise of the Option shall be deemed effective upon receipt by the
      Company (Attn: Corporate Treasury) of such items at its headquarters at
      3311 East Old Shakopee Road, Minneapolis, MN 55425, Facsimile No.
      952-853-3932.

7.    In the event of any reorganization, merger, consolidation,
      recapitalization, liquidation, reclassification, stock dividend, stock
      split, combination of shares, rights offering, divestiture or
      extraordinary dividend (including a spin-off) or any other change in the
      corporate structure or shares of the Company, the Committee (or, if the
      Company is not the surviving corporation in any such transaction, the
      board of directors of the surviving corporation) will make appropriate
      adjustments (which determination will be conclusive) as to the number and
      kind of securities or other property (including cash) available for
      issuance or payment under the Plan and, in order to prevent dilution or
      enlargement of the Participant's rights, (a) the number and kind of
      securities or other property (including cash) subject to the Option, and
      (b) the exercise price of the Option.

8.    This Option grant is subject to all of the terms and conditions of the
      Plan and, where any questions or matters of interpretation arise, the
      terms and conditions of the Plan shall control.

9.    Any notice to be given with respect to this Agreement, including without
      limitation a notice of Option exercise, shall be addressed to the Company,
      Attention: Corporate Treasury, at the address listed in paragraph 6, and
      any notice to be given to the Participant shall be addressed to the
      Participant at address given beneath the Participant's signature hereto,
      or at such other address as either party may hereafter designate in
      writing to the other.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Ceridian Corporation and the Participant have executed this
Agreement as of the Date of Grant.

CERIDIAN CORPORATION                     PARTICIPANT

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Deputy Secretary                         [Typed name of Participant]

                                         PARTICIPANT'S MAILING ADDRESS

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                                         Social Security Number:
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