OLSHAN GRUNDMAN FROME & ROSENZWEIG
                                505 PARK AVENUE
                            NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022
                                 (212) 753-7200



                                                                  April 5, 1995







Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C.  20549

         Re:  Uniforce Temporary Personnel, Inc.
              REGISTRATION STATEMENT ON FORM S-8
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Gentlemen:

         Reference is made to the Registration Statement on Form S-8 dated April
5, 1995 (the "Registration Statement"), filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission by Uniforce Temporary Personnel, Inc., a New York corporation (the
"Company"). The Registration Statement relates to an aggregate of 300,000 shares
(the "Shares") of common stock, par value $.01 per share (the "Common Stock").
The Shares will be issued and sold by the Company in accordance with the
Company's 1991 Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") and its Directors' Stock Option
Plan (the "Directors' Plan").

         We advise you that we have examined originals or copies certified or
otherwise identified to our satisfaction of the Certificate of Incorporation and
By-laws of the Company, minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors and
stockholders of the Company, the Plan, the Directors' Plan, a Prospectus
relating to the resale of Common Stock underlying options held by affiliates of
the Company (the "Prospectus"), and such other documents, instruments and
certificates of officers and representatives of the Company and public
officials, and we have made such examination of the law, as we have deemed
appropriate as the basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed. In making such



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examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity
of all documents submitted to us as originals, and the conformity to original
documents of documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies.

         Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares, when
issued and paid for in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the
Plan and the Directors' Plan, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and
non-assessable.

         We consent to the reference to this firm under the caption "Legal
Opinion" in the Prospectus.


                                       Very truly yours,

                                       /S/ OLSHAN GRUNDMAN FROME & ROSENZWEIG
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