The Social Security Fairness Act ends WEP and GPO reductions, boosting benefits for many—but not all eligible recipients are automatically included.

The majority of affected beneficiaries already began receiving their increased monthly benefit amounts in April.

The Social Security Administration is about to get a new commissioner, but that's only the latest of a series of changes at the agency since the inauguration of President Donald Trump.

Both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) were repealed by the Social Security Fairness Act. This affected Social Security’s costs at a time when the ...

Some 2.8 million Americans may be eligible to receive an increase in their monthly Social Security benefits. Are you one of ...

In January, just before he left office, President Biden signed into law the Social Security Fairness Act, which repealed the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset ...

Democrats have argued that House Republicans’ measure would rob courts of their power by stripping away any consequences for officials who ignore judges’ rulings.

People affected by the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset weigh the best claiming strategy.

Senators Propose Repealing Social Security Cuts to Public Pensioners The Social Security Fairness Act would repeal two provisions that reduce payments to many retirees collecting public pensions.

For decades, public-sector retirees with state-backed pensions have faced reductions in their Social Security benefits due to the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension ...

Consider the Windfall Elimination Provision. It slammed people who had earned a non-covered pension from one employer and paid Social Security tax on work for another.

The Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset limited Social Security benefits for recipients if they got retirement payments from other sources, including public retirement ...