EEOC: New record-keeping guidance interpreting job applicant in internet context, changes delayed to EEO-1 reporting form, ADEA retiree health benefits rule delayed, employment arbitration agreement approved; regulatory pressures on executive compensation mount; DOL: Final COBRA regulations released, new labor union financial reporting requirements effective July 1, 2004, new USERRA regulations proposed, new FMLA regulations postponed; NLRB ends nonunionized employees' rights to representation in investigative interviews     By Morgan D. Hodgson, Anne E. Moran, and David C. Kresin Notice:  This is a preprint of an article published in Employment Relations Today at Pages 59-74 of Volume 31, Issue 3, Autumn (Fall) 2004 (© 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc., a Wiley Company) The published version of the article is available at the Employment Relations Today website.