The new law affects around 3 million workers, including teachers, firefighters, and police officers, by ending the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO).

That’s because although lawmakers in both parties voted overwhelmingly to send the Social Security Fairness Act, a bill repealing Social Security’s windfall elimination provision and ...

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law by former President Joe Biden on Jan. 5, effectively repealed two longstanding provisions: the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government ...

The previous provisions - the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset - cut some beneficiaries' checks nearly in half, costing them thousands of dollars in lost benefits.

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law by former President Joe Biden on Jan. 5, effectively repealed two longstanding provisions: the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government ...

The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates two provisions — known as the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset — that previously reduced Social Security benefits for ...

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 will provide benefit increases to more than 3 million individuals. But it's uncertain when they will see that money. Here's what the agency says affected ...