Officials Working On System, Developing Plan To Get People Their Unemployment Benefits

In this March 17 photo, people wait in line for help with unemployment benefits at the One-Stop Career Center in Las Vegas. The unemployment rate is rising across the country due to the growing coronavirus pandemic.

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Oren Malik came to Georgia eight years ago to work as a second assistant cameraman in the movie industry. His duties include maintaining the cameras.

“The most notable part of my job is I’m the one in charge of the little slate. You know, before you tape ‘Take 2,’” he says with a smile.

Malik doesn’t mind the long hours on a movie set and the somewhat seasonal nature of the business. He says the movie industry was just revving up from its winter slump a few weeks ago.