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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE


      OUTSOURCE INTERNATIONAL, INC. ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN SENIOR MANAGEMENT

         DELRAY BEACH, FLORIDA, July 26, 2001 - Outsource International, Inc.
(OTCBB: OSIX), a leading national provider of human resource services focusing
on the flexible industrial staffing market, today announced that, effective
immediately, Garry E. Meier has resigned from the Company's Board of Directors
and as its President. In addition, effective August 31, 2001, Mr. Meier has
resigned as the Company's Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Meier has agreed to serve
as a consultant to the Company from September 1, 2001, through December 31,
2001.

         Mr. Jay D. Seid, a current member of the Company's Board of Directors,
has been appointed the Executive Chairman of the Board and Mr. Michael Sharp has
been appointed to the Board to fill the vacancy created by Mr. Meier's
resignation. Also effective immediately, Mr. Sharp has been elected Chief
Restructuring Officer for the Company and Mr. Richard Mazelsky has been elected
the President of the Company to replace Mr. Meier.

         Mr. Seid, a Managing Director of Bachow & Associates, Inc., an
investment firm located in Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania, has been a director of the
Company since March 1999. Mr. Seid has been associated with the Company since
February 1997, when Bachow made its initial investment in the Company.

         Mr. Sharp has been Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
of the Company since January 2001. Mr. Mazelsky has been Executive Vice
President and Chief Operating Officer since August 2000.
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         Outsource International, along with certain of its subsidiaries, on
June 11, 2001, filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S.
Bankruptcy Code to restructure the Company's debts. Outsource International,
through its Tandem Staffing division, is a national provider of human resource
services focusing on the flexible industrial staffing market. Tandem Staffing
partners with its service workers and industrial employers to provide flexible
workforce solutions to maximize client production and profitability. With 124
offices nationwide, Tandem Staffing services approximately 3,000 industrial
clients on a daily basis with over 18,000 temporary employees.

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STATEMENTS MADE IN THIS PRESS RELEASE RELATING TO MATTERS THAT ARE NOT
HISTORICAL FACTS ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
INVOLVE KNOWN AND UNKNOWN RISKS AND OTHER UNCERTAINTIES, WHICH MAY CAUSE ACTUAL
RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM SUCH STATEMENTS. THESE RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO, THE EFFECTS AND OUTCOME OF OUR VOLUNTARY
CHAPTER 11 BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS, OUR FUTURE PROSPECTS, EFFICIENCY OF OUR
MARKETING CHANNELS, SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR RESTRUCTURING PLAN,
ADEQUACY OF CASH FROM OPERATIONS FOR FUTURE LIQUIDITY AND WORKING CAPITAL NEEDS
AND THE GENERAL LEVEL OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND UNEMPLOYMENT, AS WELL AS OTHER
RISKS DETAILED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE COMPANY IN DOCUMENTS FILED BY THE
COMPANY WITH THE U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE "COMMISSION"),
INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THOSE SET FORTH IN THE COMPANY'S ANNUAL REPORT ON
FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED APRIL 1, 2001, THE COMPANY'S REGISTRATION
STATEMENT ON FORM S-1 (FILE NO. 333-48926) FILED WITH THE COMMISSION ON OCTOBER
30, 2000 AND DECLARED EFFECTIVE JANUARY 31, 2001 AND THE QUARTERLY REPORTS ON
FORM 10-Q FOR THE FISCAL QUARTERS ENDED JULY 2, 2000, OCTOBER 1, 2000 AND
DECEMBER 31, 2000.