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

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

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

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

A 2023 audit of Social Security revealed that 18.9 million people in the Social Security database were listed as 100 years or ...

The new year has already brought several significant financial changes, including changes to the Social Security benefits ...

U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar celebrated the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act, which restores full benefits to 3.2 ...

"The bigger conversation needs to be about protecting the system from legislative raids, whether that's reducing taxation on benefits, eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP ...

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 Administration has indicated it may take more than a year to process all of the benefit changes from the ...

A new law put into effect in January will provide higher Social Security benefits to more than 3.2 million individuals who ...