Interim Relief If you prevail before an administrative judge in an EEO complaint involving termination or indefinite suspension and the administrative judge orders retroactive restoration, you are entitled in most cases to return to work temporarily if the Postal Service appeals the administrative judge’s ruling, pending the outcome of the Postal Service’s appeal. You may decline this interim relief if you wish. If you want to return, the Postal Service could decide that returning you to the workplace during its appeal would be unduly disruptive. If the Postal Service makes that determination, its decision is not reviewable, but the Postal Service would still be required to provide you with the pay and benefits you would have received had you actually returned to work while the Postal Service’s appeal is pending.