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

The following chart ... Social Security Fairness Act. That is undoubtedly the most surprising change to take effect this year because it repeals two long-standing provisions: the Windfall ...

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 ...

To estimate how much the back payments and 2025 increases will be, use the SSA tool that was previously available to calculate pension reductions when the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed on January 5, 2025, will put more money back in retirees' pockets. By eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset ...

Former Republican Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves' Social Security Fairness Act repealed the Windfall Elimination Penalty and Government Pension Offset that prevented as many as 3 million ...

The Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA), the act ends the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). According to the SSA, these two provisions reduced or ...

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 ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision impacted workers' retirement benefits, while the Government Pension Offset was tied to spousal and survivor benefits. Affected Social Security beneficiaries may ...

The repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset is set to provide substantial increases in Social Security payments for 3.2 million retirees. These provisions had ...