It could take more than a year to adjust benefits and disburse retroactive payments following the passage of the Social ...

This is part one of a three-part series about making the most of the changes in Social Security benefits for federal ...

This eliminated two key provisions -- the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) -- that reduced benefits for government workers and their spouses.

The Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law in January following overwhelming bipartisan support. The new law repeals provisions that previously reduced Social Security benefits for some ...

They were the Windfall Elimination Provision, which was enacted in 1983, and the Government Pension Offset, which was signed into law in 1977. They were federal laws that reduced Social Security ...

This is also when the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) was introduced. Repealed in 2024 with the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, the WEP reduced or eliminated the Social Security ...