<prompt> Human: My girlfriend is currently supporting herself while Im studying abroad and spends monthly:750 rent contract ending in mid-August400 in other monthly expenses including phone, fuel, utilities and food.I am trying to help her identify what she can do while she is looking for her next job. She has about 1,000 in savings, and support from me or family is an option, however she wants to avoid this as much as possible.The firing:She was fired out of the blue via a phone call yesterday. She asked several times for a reason until she was eventually hung up on by her now ex-boss. Her position was an assistant manager at a small coffee shop. In our minds, we cant come up with any good reasons she would be fired. She understands that a reason doesnt need to be given, but she considers this necessary not only in her job search, but also in improving herself. She is taking it pretty hard because she was the most senior person in the store, was constantly receiving praise for her work from the manager and customers, and even trained the manager who fired her. She also has wide open availability where everyone else on payroll has restricted working hours.One potential bad reason for being fired is that a couple of days ago, she was explaining the health hazard of an espresso machine not being properly cleanedmaintained to the manager. She has also privately mentioned many times about other health issues such as expired product, broken refrigerators, and warm cold cuts and employees not following policy.In any case, she has already submitted applications to other places, but while she is waiting to hear back, what should she be doing? Several questions we have that we would love input on are:Would she be eligible for unemployment?How should she request a reason for firing?Is it at all possible to explore a case for unlawful termination? Are there any jobs she can do that are short-term, low-commitment, and very quick to get as in, when she gets a full-time position, she could gracefully exit that position? Can you provide any advice to cope with being let go when you know you did nothing wrong?Anything else she should consider?I know she would appreciate your advice or sympathy. Thank you!Assistant: be cautious about the fired for no reason story, depending where you are.in Washington state, you start getting paid unemployment very quickly, however there is a hearing and if the termination was justified for cause, you owe that money back i have never fired someone out of the blue, i always have plenty of documentation Human: That was one thing I was worried about. She wont apply if she knows she isnt eligible, but we dont know how to prove that there was no reason. The manager is refusing to tell her why. How do we get this reason?  <response>: Just fill out the UE forms online stating that she was not given a reason for her termination. Do not have any further contact with the company. Unemployment will contact the employer and schedule a phone hearing, and shell be able to find out whats going on then and have an opportunity to defend herself. 