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 ...

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

The Social Security Fairness Act retroactively reverses some 1983 reforms and increases benefits for some retired state and ...

The Government Pension Offset was more draconian. It cut spousal and survivor Social Security benefits by two-thirds of the non-covered pension, often to zero. Many married, divorced and widowed ...

advisory wanted clients to know that the legislation repealed the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP ... from leaving unclaimed benefits on the table,” Carroll said. Online filing is available ...

When Joe Biden was still president, he signed the Social Security Fairness Act, which eliminated the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision rules. Biden touted the bill as a ...

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

According to Carroll, if you had your benefit reduced by the Windfall Elimination Provision ... they could leave unclaimed benefits on the table." The Social Security Administration is still ...

Eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension ... that extending coverage is one of the proposals on the table when the time comes for Congress to design a package ...