The recent repeal of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) marks a significant shift ...

The data now exist for the Social Security Administration to calculate benefits as intended, applying a progressive benefit formula based on the income that people actually earn and the Social ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) historically reduced Social Security retirement or disability benefits for individuals who also received a pension from employment not covered by Social ...

Starting the week of Feb. 24, 2025, SSA is beginning to pay retroactive benefits and will increase monthly benefit payments to people whose benefits have been affected by the WEP and GPO. Social ...

Now that the House of Representatives approved the Social Security Fairness Act, millions could be able to get higher Social Security benefits. The House approved the bill 325 to 75 and ultimately ...

Today, the Social Security Administration announced it is immediately beginning to pay retroactive benefits and will increase monthly benefit payments to people whose benefits have been affected by ...

President Biden on Sunday signed legislation repealing two controversial tax provisions impacting the retirement benefits of some federal workers and other public servants into law, effectively ...

A last-minute, last-ditch push by public servants is underway this week to convince the U.S. Senate to vote on a bill that would repeal the Social Security penalty on government retirees like teachers ...

BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES, May 15, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The recent changes in Social Security laws mean public employees affected by the Windfall Elimination ...

Republican Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves and Democratic Virginia U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger have secured enough signatures to trigger a vote in the U.S. House on a bill to eliminate the Social ...

Mary Cunningham is a reporter for CBS MoneyWatch. Before joining the business and finance vertical, she worked at "60 Minutes," CBSNews.com and CBS News 24/7 as part of the CBS News Associate Program.

In January, two provisions—the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO)—that reduced Social Security benefits for millions of workers were repealed after bipartisan ...