Public sector retirees, spouses' or surviving spouses' benefits will be delayed until further notice. The SSA must manually ...

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 ...

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

The WEP impacted individuals’ direct Social Security benefits ... the individual worked in non-covered employment. The maximum reduction during 2024 was $587 per month (or, if the individual ...

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

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).

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 Social Security Fairness Act ends both the WEP and the government pension offset, increasing the Social Security checks ...

millions of Americans will see higher Social Security checks now that the windfall elimination provision (WEP) and GPO (government pension offset) have been abolished. For decades, Americans have ...

With the 2025 Social Security COLA now in effect, the maximum possible benefit for retirees has increased. In this video, Certified Financial Planner® Matt Frankel discusses what the maximum benefit ...

WEP reduced eligible retirement benefits based on the number of years the individual worked in the private sector and paid into Social Security. In 2025, the maximum reduction to benefits (which ...