content: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      Washington,  D.C.  20549
  
                                _____
  
  
                              FORM 8-K
  
  
                           CURRENT REPORT
               PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
                   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
  
                         NOVEMBER 30, 1995                 
          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
  
                                  
  
                        STAFF BUILDERS, INC.                 
       (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
  
  
           DELAWARE                     0-11380            11-2650500    
  (State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File No.)    (IRS Employer
        of incorporation)                              Identification No.)
  
  
    1983 MARCUS AVENUE,  LAKE SUCCESS,  NEW YORK            11042  
       (Address of Principal Executive Offices)          (Zip Code)
  
  
                                 (516) 358-1000                  
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
  
                                  NOT APPLICABLE                            
    (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) (Zip Code)
  <PAGE>
  Item 5.   Other Events
  
            On November 22, 1995, Staff Builders, Inc. (the "Company")
  announced that (i) it was taking a charge in the third quarter ending
  November 30, 1995 to cover the discontinuation of two unprofitable divisions;
  and (ii) it was recording a reserve due to a revision in the methodology used
  to allocate corporate overhead between its Medicare and private sector
  businesses, which revision is being required by its Medicare fiscal
  intermediary.  Both of the discontinued divisions were in the development
  stage.  One performed case management services for independent insurance
  carriers engaged in the long-term care insurance business and the other
  provided back-office services and financing to independent home health care
  providers.  The total of the charges for the write-off of unprofitable
  divisions and the reserve for reimbursement adjustment has not been
  determined, but the Company believes that it could amount to $2.5 million
  after taxes, or $.10 per share for the third quarter ending November 30,
  1995.
  <PAGE>
  
  
            Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned herunto duly authorized.
  
                                     STAFF BUILDERS, INC.
  
  
  
  November 30, 1995                  by: /s/ Gary Tighe
                                     ------------------------
                                     Name:  Gary Tighe
                                     Title: Senior Vice President
                                            Finance and Chief                
                                            Financial Officer
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text: SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                      Washington,  D.C.  20549
  
                                _____
  
                              FORM 8-K
  
                           CURRENT REPORT
               PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d) OF THE
                   SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
  
                         NOVEMBER 30, 1995                 
          Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
  
                                  
  
                        STAFF BUILDERS, INC.                 
       (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
  
           DELAWARE                     0-11380            11-2650500    
  (State or other jurisdiction   (Commission File No.)    (IRS Employer
        of incorporation)                              Identification No.)
  
    1983 MARCUS AVENUE,  LAKE SUCCESS,  NEW YORK            11042  
       (Address of Principal Executive Offices)          (Zip Code)
  
                                 (516) 358-1000                  
             (Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
  
                                  NOT APPLICABLE                            
    (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report) (Zip Code)
  Item 5.   Other Events
  
            On November 22, 1995, Staff Builders, Inc. (the "Company")
  announced that (i) it was taking a charge in the third quarter ending
  November 30, 1995 to cover the discontinuation of two unprofitable divisions;
  and (ii) it was recording a reserve due to a revision in the methodology used
  to allocate corporate overhead between its Medicare and private sector
  businesses, which revision is being required by its Medicare fiscal
  intermediary.  Both of the discontinued divisions were in the development
  stage.  One performed case management services for independent insurance
  carriers engaged in the long-term care insurance business and the other
  provided back-office services and financing to independent home health care
  providers.  The total of the charges for the write-off of unprofitable
  divisions and the reserve for reimbursement adjustment has not been
  determined, but the Company believes that it could amount to $2.5 million
  after taxes, or $.10 per share for the third quarter ending November 30,
  1995.
  Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of
  1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
  by the undersigned herunto duly authorized.
  
                                     STAFF BUILDERS, INC.
  
  November 30, 1995                  by: /s/ Gary Tighe
                                     ------------------------
                                     Name:  Gary Tighe
                                     Title: Senior Vice President
                                            Finance and Chief                
                                            Financial Officer