This little-known restricted application rule can significantly boost retirement income for surviving spouses.

It ends the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduced or eliminated the Social ...

More than 3 million people are about to get a bump to their Social Security checks thanks to the Social Security Fairness Act, a new law that eliminates two previous rules that reduced retirees' ...

Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy said the Social Security Administration must implement the Social Security Fairness Act as quickly as possible.

Though Congress acted on a bipartisan basis last year to pass legislation ending two controversial tax provisions that ...

It took 40 years for Congress to pass a law to boost Social Security for public workers. Now, SSA says they must wait at ...

Over three million retirees who worked in the public sector, or are entitled to spousal or surviving spousal benefits, will ...

Callers to the SSA hear a message about the Social Security Fairness Act, intended to reduce long and frustrating wait times ...

Learn how the Social Security Fairness Act may increase your retirement benefits by eliminating the Windfall Elimination ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) announced on Friday that it could take a year or longer to fully implement the repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset ...

Millions of retired Americans are set to benefit, but there are concerns the program could run out of funds sooner.