Over three million retirees who worked in the public sector, or are entitled to spousal or surviving spousal benefits, will ...

President Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act that repeals the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provisions of Social Security, ...

These provisions only affected about 3% of households, but significantly reduced the amount of Social Security benefits one was able to receive. The WEP, enacted in 1983, was a reform that was ...

Retirees with public pensions and their spouses are now eligible for their full Social Security benefits.

For decades, clients who worked in various state and local government positions have seen their Social Security benefits slashed because of two key provisions: the Windfall Elimination Provision ...