EXHIBIT 5.1

              [Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP Letterhead]


                                 June 29, 2001



STAFF LEASING, INC.
600 301 Boulevard West
Suite 202
Bradenton, Florida 34205

     Re:   Registration Statement on Form S-8
           Staff Leasing, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Ladies and Gentlemen:

     We have served as counsel for Staff Leasing, Inc., a Florida corporation
(the "Company"), in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-8 (the
"Registration Statement"), of an aggregate of 350,000 shares (the "Shares") of
common stock, $.01 par value of the Company, to be issued and sold by the
Company upon the exercise of options granted to certain employees of the Company
pursuant to the Staff Leasing, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the "Plan").

     We have examined and are familiar with originals or copies (certified,
photostatic or otherwise identified to our satisfaction) of such documents,
corporate records and other instruments relating to the incorporation of the
Company and the authorization of the grants of stock options pursuant to the
Plan as we have deemed necessary and advisable. In such examinations, we have
assumed the genuiness of all signatures on all originals and copies of documents
we have examined, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals
and the conformity to original documents of all certified, conformed or
photostatic copies. As to questions of fact material and relevant to our
opinion, we have relied upon certificates or representations of Company
officials and of appropriate governmental officials.

     We express no opinion as to matters under or involving the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the corporate law of the State of Florida.

     Based upon and subject to the foregoing and having regard for such legal
consideration as we have deemed relevant, it is our opinion that:

     1.    The Shares have been duly authorized; and

     2.    Upon the issuance and delivery of the Shares pursuant to the exercise
of options and payment therefor as provided in the Plan and as contemplated by
the Registration Statement, such Shares will be legally and validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable.

     We hereby consent to the filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the
Registration Statement.

                                         Very truly yours,



                                         POWELL, GOLDSTEIN, FRAZER & MURPHY LLP