How long could you do absolutely nothing at your job before you would get fired?

Absolutely nothing. North Carolina is an at-will employment state, so unless she can prove she was fired solely based on a protected status (age, race, sex, religion, national origin, color, disability including the Americans with Disability Act (ADA), or pregnancy), then she's out of luck. Plus, the first 90 days are frequently probationary, and so there is usually a policy of companies that a person can be terminated for any reason, or no reason, while on probation.

Unemployment should not be hard to get as long as she was not fired with cause, however, she worked so little that her wages may not be very high. Plus, there's the complication that some of her wages in the past year(s) were in another state, so it could take a while for the paperwork to go through. My first link explains at-will, and the 2nd is to the NC employment security commission.

She needs to ask a NC lawyer. In most states she would be considered an employee at will who can be discharged without cause. However, if the reason for discharge was illegal (race, age, religion, etc) then she has a case for wrongful discharge.

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