The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) significantly affects Social Security payments for those with pensions from ...

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

The Social Security Fairness Act repealed the WEP and GPO, and are effective for all benefits after December 2023, so not ...

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

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

The Government Pension Offset was more draconian. It cut spousal and survivor Social Security benefits by two-thirds of the non-covered pension, often to zero. Many married, divorced and widowed ...

Senator Bill Cassidy, along with 26 colleagues, is calling for the “immediate implementation” of the new Social Security law, ...

Will all public workers get the Social Security bump ? I never applied for Social Security when I retired because of the exclusion, so maybe I should apply now. Answer : No to your first question and ...

Q. I receive a survivor benefit based on my husband’s work under Social Security. I receive a pension from my work as a ...

Earlier this week, we reported on the Social Security Fairness Act. Since then, many of you have reached out with questions, ...

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

The Social Security Administration says it will take a year to implement a change expanding benefits to public sector workers ...