Westaff Announces New Relationship With SIRVA, Inc.

  
    
  
  
    
      Westaff, Inc. (NASDAQ:WSTF), a leading provider of staffing services, 
      announced today that it has established a staffing relationship with 
      SIRVA, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Westaff will act as a 
      single source provider by centralizing and managing SIRVA’s contingent 
      staffing program. As part of the staffing portfolio, Westaff will be 
      providing in-depth recruiting and placement for SIRVA’s administrative, 
      clerical and information technology divisions in 8 offices nationally.
    
    
      “Our new relationship with SIRVA is a testament to Westaff’s strength in 
      delivering quality solutions to well-known and respected companies,” 
      noted Westaff CEO and Chairman Michael T. Willis. “In addition, the 
      partnership underscores Westaff’s operational strength, as well as the 
      company’s ability to provide staffing solutions that are 
      mission-critical and fully integrated into our customers’ businesses.”
    
    
      “We are pleased to be working with Westaff to ensure that our staffing 
      needs are managed more efficiently,” said Meg Pais, Vice President of 
      Human Resources for SIRVA, Inc. “Westaff’s commitment of providing the 
      most experienced and qualified personnel enables us to place the best 
      candidates in the right positions who will drive our business towards 
      growth and success.”
    
    
      SIRVA, Inc. is a leader in providing relocation solutions to a 
      well-established and diverse customer base around the world. The company 
      provides innovative ways for customers to achieve their individual 
      business goals, while providing global end-to-end relocation services, 
      including program development and management, home purchase and home 
      sale services, household goods moving, and mortgage services. SIRVA 
      conducts more than 300,000 relocations every year, transferring 
      corporate and government employees and moving individual consumers. The 
      company operates in more than 40 countries with approximately 3,000 
      employees and an extensive network of agents and other service providers 
      in over 175 countries. Other recognized brands include Allied, Allied 
      International, Allied Pickfords, Allied Special Products, DJK 
      Residential, Global, northAmerican, northAmerican International, SIRVA 
      Mortgage, SIRVA Relocation and SIRVA Settlement.
    
    
      About Westaff
    
    
      Westaff provides staffing services and employment opportunities for 
      businesses in global markets. Westaff annually employs more than 100,000 
      people and services thousands of client accounts throughout the United 
      States. For more information, please visit the company Web site at www.westaff.com.
    
    
      This press release contains forward-looking statements within the 
      meaning of the U.S. securities laws. Forward-looking statements in this 
      release are generally identified by words such as “expects,” “believes,” 
      “will,” “should” and similar expressions that are intended to identify 
      forward-looking statements. You are cautioned not to place undue 
      reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the 
      date hereof. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their 
      entirety by this cautionary statement. Forward-looking statements 
      contained herein include, but are not limited to, statements regarding 
      (i) Westaff's expectations regarding the company's growth 
      prospects; (ii) Westaff’s expectation that it will continue its plans 
      for growth and expansion; (iii) that Westaff's relationship with 
      DelStaff will continue; and (iv) that Westaff will have access to 
      capital under the Subordinated Loan Agreement The forward-looking 
      statements contained herein involve a number of assumptions, risks and 
      uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from 
      those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Many of 
      these risks and uncertainties cannot be controlled by the Company. These 
      risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: an intensely 
      priced competitive market; Westaff’s ability to continue to obtain a 
      forbearance or that such forbearance would be on terms acceptable to 
      Westaff; our significant working capital needs and our ability to borrow 
      to meet those needs; our ability to borrow under our credit facilities 
      and our compliance with their debt covenants; variability of the amount 
      of collateral that we are required to maintain to support our workers’ 
      compensation obligation; the sufficiency of our workers’ compensation 
      claims reserve; variability of employee-related costs, including 
      workers’ compensation liabilities; possible adverse effects of 
      fluctuations in the general economy; our ability to collect on our 
      accounts receivable; risks related to franchise agent operations; risks 
      related to international operations and fluctuating exchange rates; 
      reliance on executive management and key personnel; our ability to 
      attract and retain the services of qualified temporary personnel; the 
      ability of our customers to terminate our service agreement on short 
      notice; variability of the cost of unemployment insurance for our 
      temporary employees; any difficulty with our information technology 
      system; government regulation; potential exposure to employment-related 
      claims; the volatility of the Company’s stock price; increased 
      regulatory compliance costs; and litigation and other claims. Additional 
      information concerning the risks and uncertainties listed above, and 
      other factors you may wish to consider, is contained in the Company’s 
      filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the 
      Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended 
      November 3, 2007 and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly 
      period ended July 12, 2008.
    
    
      Forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions 
      of the Company's management and on currently available information. The 
      Company undertakes no responsibility to publicly update or revise any 
      forward-looking statement except as required by applicable laws and 
      regulations.