Iowa Admin. Code r. 621-15.1
When an employer and certified employee organization are parties to a collective bargaining agreement, the agency shall conduct an election, prior to the expiration of a collective bargaining agreement between an employer and a certified employee organization, to determine if the employees in a represented bargaining unit wish to retain and recertify the unit's certified representative. The agency shall determine the date of the election or election period and the place, method, and other procedural aspects of conducting a retention and recertification election held pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 20. Elections shall be conducted under the direction and supervision of the agency or its election agent and shall be by secret ballot.
Official notices relevant to the election will be delivered through secure upload PERB (suPERB). Each election will be assigned a "BU" number in suPERB. A party shall file electronically all documents in the party's respective BU case file in suPERB unless the rules specify otherwise. Notification of events requiring attention of parties shall be produced by suPERB. The election fee shall be calculated and delivered to employee representatives through suPERB.
Employers and certified employee organizations shall have a representative or agent for service listed in suPERB and the electronic document management system (EDMS). Employers and certified employee organizations have a continuing duty to update the representative or agent for service in suPERB and EDMS. Employees in a bargaining unit designated as a transit unit will not be subject to retention and recertification elections.
Iowa Admin. Code r. 621-15.1