On the frontlines of the coronavirus economic crisis, workers at unemployment offices are struggling to deal with the millions of unemployed.
“Going into work at the unemployment office comes with a lot of fear, as they often work in tight locations and the idea of social distancing is pretty damn near impossible,” Spence said.
Unemployment office workers in Georgia are also coming into the office, according to Kersha Cartwright, the communications director at the state Department of Labor. “We are trying to get Georgians paid. They are scared. They are worried and they are anxious. We are doing whatever we can,” she said, adding that at their office employees have distanced their desks and aren’t doing meetings in the same room anymore, but rather video conferencing even though everyone is in the same office.
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