31.   Most backup care companies lure and keep well-qualified workers with perks like stock options, health benefits, education compensation and profit sharing.

32.   Never has the United States spent so much to keep undocumented workers out, nor the economy needed them more.

33.   Nine IBM technicians keep the workers in touch with their home-office databanks.

34.   No wonder that the lure of a sizable bonus keeps many workers off the job hunt until January.

35.   Not surprisingly, the dangerous working conditions make it tough to keep trained workers.

36.   Novartis is concerned about safety, but has chosen to keep workers at home because it expects the air travel to be cumbersome for the next few days.

37.   Officials prepared to shut down large portions of the federal government Tuesday as President Clinton and Congress remained deadlocked over stopgap legislation to keep federal workers on the job.

38.   Often, they create unrelated businesses simply to keep workers on a payroll.

39.   One worker recalls a boss who kept the workers in debt by forcing them to buy their supplies from the company store.

40.   Other employers take a more direct approach to keeping workers on the company grounds.