The majority of affected beneficiaries already began receiving their increased monthly benefit amounts in April.

The Windfall Elimination Provision reduced benefits for certain workers, but its repeal by the Social Security Fairness Act could change how you plan for retirement.

There is a companion law called the “windfall elimination provision,” more commonly known by its acronym, WEP, which usually reduces any Social Security retirement benefits earned at side jobs ...

Millions to receive long-overdue Social Security benefits as the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset are eliminated. Learn how and when you'll get paid.

The Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset limited Social Security benefits for recipients if they got retirement payments from other sources, including public retirement ...

Learn how the Social Security Fairness Act may increase your retirement benefits by eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.

But there are worries it could worsen the insolvency of the government program and impact future generations. The law eliminates two controversial provisions: the Windfall Elimination Provision ...

The Social Security Fairness Act restores these windfall payments, at the cost of accelerating Social Security's insolvency and increasing the program's long-term funding gap.

The CBO estimated in November that repealing the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset would shorten the time before the program’s insolvency by roughly six months.

The Windfall Elimination Provision reduces Social Security benefits for public sector workers who receive pensions from jobs where they did not contribute to Social Security payroll taxes.

Here’s an interesting fact about Social Security: They always pay you the benefit you’re entitled to, and if you’re eligible for a spousal benefit, that amount is added on top, Hayes adds ...

Yes, the issue of “windfall elimination” for public employees is complicated, hard to explain and understand. Thus affected retirees feeling they are being mistreated are sincere.