[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 12, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 12CFR268.505]

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                       TITLE 12--BANKS AND BANKING
 
                   CHAPTER II--FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM
 
PART 268--RULES REGARDING EQUAL OPPORTUNITY--Table of Contents
 
                   Subpart F--Remedies and Enforcement
 
Sec. 268.505  Interim relief.

    (a)(1) When the Board appeals and the case involves removal, 
separation, or suspension continuing beyond the date of the appeal, and 
when the administrative judge orders retroactive restoration, the Board 
shall comply with the decision to the extent of the temporary or 
conditional restoration of the employee to duty status in the position 
specified in the decision, pending the outcome of the Board appeal. The 
employee may decline the offer of interim relief.
    (2) Service under the temporary or conditional restoration 
provisions of paragraph (a)(1) of this section shall be credited toward 
the completion of a probationary or trial period, eligibility for a 
within-grade increase, or the completion of the service requirement for 
career tenure, if the Commission upholds the decision on appeal. Such 
service shall not be credited toward the completion of any applicable 
probationary or trial period or the completion of the service 
requirement for career tenure if the Commission reverses the decision on 
appeal.
    (3) When the Board appeals, it may delay the payment of any amount, 
other than prospective pay and benefits, ordered to be paid to the 
complainant until after the appeal is resolved. If the Board delays 
payment of any amount pending the outcome of the appeal and the 
resolution of the appeal requires the Board to make the payment, then 
the Board shall pay interest from the date of the original decision 
until payment is made.
    (4) The Board shall notify the Commission and the employee in 
writing at the same time it appeals that the relief it provides is 
temporary or conditional and, if applicable, that it will delay the 
payment of any amounts owed but will pay interest as specified in 
paragraph (b)(2) of this section. Failure of the Board to provide 
notification will result in the dismissal of the Board's appeal.
    (5) The Board may, by notice to the complainant, decline to return 
the complainant to his or her place of employment if it determines that 
the return or presence of the complainant will be unduly disruptive to 
the work environment. However, prospective pay and benefits must be 
provided. The determination not to return the complainant to his or her 
place of employment is not reviewable. A grant of interim relief does 
not insulate a complainant from subsequent disciplinary or adverse 
action.
    (b) If the Board files an appeal and has not provided required 
interim relief, the complainant may request dismissal of the Board's 
appeal. Any such request must be filed with the Office of Federal 
Operations within 25 days of the date of service of the Board's appeal. 
A copy of the request must be served on the Board at the same time it is 
filed with EEOC. The Board may respond with evidence and argument to the 
complainant's request to dismiss within 15 days of the date of service 
of the request.

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