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

While the law seeks to level the playing field for many federal employees, the sustainability of the Social Security system ...

C ongress passed the Social Security Fairness Act in late 2024, which was signed into law by the President in early January ...

In the waning days of the Biden administration, Congress passed legislation to remedy a longstanding complaint from people ...

The law eliminates two Social Security policies that reduced benefits for retirees with a public pension: the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO).

It ends the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduced or eliminated the Social Security benefits of over 3.2 million people who receive a pension based on ...

The Social Security Fairness Act will increase the Social Security benefit payments for former and current public employees who previously had their benefits reduced due to having "noncovered ...

Louisiana Congressman Clay Higgins is demanding the Social Security Administration quickly ... repealed the Windfall Elimination Penalty and Government Pension Offset that prevented 3 million ...

Editor's note: A correction was made to this story to clarify that non-covered workers did not pay Social Security taxes ... reduced or eliminated by Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) first ...

The law repealed two prior provisions: the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). The WEP reduced Social Security benefits for those who received government ...

Millions of retired Americans are set to benefit from the Social Security Fairness Act ... receiving benefits and are affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension ...