HRadio: US weekly news, May 26 -- Proxy access, COBRA subsidy, 401(k) rules, PDA case, health reform

This week's HRadio news looks at an SEC proposal to expand shareholder proxy access for director nominations, explains a new DOL process for expedited review of COBRA subsidy denials, reports yet another delay in the effective date of controversial 401(k) investment advice rules, examines last week's Supreme Court ruling on pension plan service credits for maternity leave and previews the coming week in Congress. Timing in minutes and seconds of the news is 3:40.  (HRadio, 26 May 2009)

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• SEC proposal would give shareholders proxy access to nominate directors (GRIST, 20 May 2009)
• Labor Department unveils application for people seeking expedited review of COBRA subsidy denials (Mercer, 22 May 2009)
• DOL delays 401(k) investment advice rule again, effective date now set for November (GRIST, 21 May 2009)
• Court finds pregnancy bias law does not apply retroactively to pension service credits (GRIST, 18 May 2009)