From higher Social Security benefits to increased spousal and survivor benefits, federal employees have much to gain from the Social Security Fairness Act.

Learn how the Social Security Fairness Act may increase your retirement benefits by eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.

Eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) makes Social Security less — not more — fair. For specifics of the windfalls, see my recent column or ...

I need a job and want out of this marriage. The previous provisions — the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset — cut some beneficiaries’ checks nearly in half ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, enacted on January 5, 2025, marks a pivotal change for public servants by abolishing the ...

the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) of the Social Security has historically caused a pensioner with non-covered pensions, including CPP, to have a reduction in their Social Security.

"Think about it: one year of retroactive payments, additonal two years of COLAs (cost-of-living adjustments) to calculate ... The Windfall Elimination Provision reduces Social Security ...

the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). The WEP impacted retired workers while the GPO focused on spouses of those workers, but both essentially did the ...

That’s because although lawmakers in both parties voted overwhelmingly to send the Social Security Fairness Act, a bill repealing Social Security’s windfall elimination provision and ...