In a groundbreaking move, the Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced a significant increase of $360 per month in ...

The windfall elimination provision (WEP) is a formula that effectively ... Substantial earnings are defined as $26,550 or more for the year 2021. This exemption generally applies to retirees ...

The Social Security Fairness Act ends both the WEP and the government pension offset, increasing the Social Security checks ...

According to the National Fraternal Order of Police, President Biden will sign the legislation into law on January 6.

I stood in front of my colleagues at the National Education Association Representative Assembly to fund efforts to repeal two unfair Social Security provisions — the Government Pension Offset and ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions only affected about 3% of households, but significantly reduced the amount of Social Security ...

After more than 38 years of employment, some as a part-time public employee, a reader is wondering if the Windfall Elimination Provision is reducing his Social Security benefits. I have worked ...

Kate Dias was still in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday morning, ostensibly because of a significant snowstorm that hit the nation’s capitol early this week, but she spent some time savoring a piece of ...

The Social Security Fairness Act repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision, or WEP. It reduces Social Security benefits for certain public sector workers who receive pensions from a job where they ...

(Photo illustration by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Together, the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset were responsible for significantly reducing Social Security ...

One is called the Government Pension Offset, and the other is the Windfall Elimination Provision. "It's a huge win," said Chuck Brewer, a retired Norfolk police officer who has spent years ...

Illinois is among the states with the largest proportion of workers affected by the Social Security Fairness Act.