In fact I have a similar problem. I have also two persons in Southeast Asia that work for me typing text in word. They are supposed to work ten hours a day seven days a week but I think they work much less, in which case I should pay them accordingly. I wonder if there are means with word 2002 of checking the time they started typing the text and the time they finished typing.

Do u mean is there that facility in word 2003 to check time.

It's better to come up with a reasonable payout based on amount of words. It's like freelance writer, usually charge by word ($xx per word).