Nearly 3 million Americans will receive full Social Security benefits under legislation now on the desk of President Biden, who is expected to sign it early next week. Passed in the waning hours ...

On Jan. 5, U.S. President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law. The bill is designed to bolster Social Security benefits for a portion of American workers. "By signing this bill, ...

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

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 ...

On January 5, President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act that repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provisions of Social Security ...

The WEP affected the retirement and disability payments paid by the SSA to state and federal employees - including some teachers, police officers and firefighters - who also collect public ...

The WEP reduced benefits for retired or disabled workers with fewer than 30 years of employment in which they paid into the social security system, if the workers also received non-covered pensions.

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).

Two key provisions, the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO), have historically ...