Opinion ID: 565175
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Substitute LSTs

Text: 84 Substitute LSTs worked the same shift as the person they replaced. Thus, they should also be considered relief employees. 85 To show compliance with the Department's requirements, Region V asserted that its employees were on call from 6:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. Tr. at 667-70. The employees, however, were never called in nor did they have to provide a telephone number where they could be reached. Even if an on-call employee was needed to work for some reason, Region V would call a substitute instead of a full-time employee. Tr. at 566-70. This was an obvious attempt to circumvent the regulations. These violations cannot be ignored when weighing the alleged good faith reliance on the agency letters upon which the majority opinion focuses.