The Social Security program undergoes a series of revisions each year to ensure benefit payments keep pace with inflation and ...

The following chart shows how much additional monthly ... because it repeals two long-standing provisions: the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.

The Social Security Fairness Act will eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, ...

The Social Security Fairness Act promises to enhance benefits for millions, but its implementation may take over a year due ...

Then-President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law on Jan. 5, effectively increasing and retroactively paying back Social Security benefits to public sector workers who have ...

On January 5, 2025, the Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law, marking a major reform for public sector workers, including firefighters, police officers and teachers. This law eliminates ...

and other public servants who are unfairly penalized by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO),” the senator wrote. “The Social Security ...

This bipartisan legislation aims to adjust the way benefits are calculated for millions of retirees, particularly those who were affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government ...

A correction was made to this story to clarify that non-covered workers did not pay Social Security taxes on their pensions, ...