When the director of the Iowa department of administrative services (hereinafter referred to as the director) issues a response to an employee pursuant to Iowa Code section 8A.415 and the response does not grant the relief sought by the employee, the response shall include notice to the affected employee that the employee may appeal the response by filing an appeal with the public employment relations board within 30 days of the date of the director's response.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 621-11.1