Beginning February 25, 2025, Social Security began paying retroactive benefits and is increasing monthly benefit payments to people whose benefits have been affected by WEP and GPO. If a ...

This was due to the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). However, those two measures have now been rescinded. As a result, about 3.2 million people who ...

Some Social Security beneficiaries will be getting higher benefit payments this month as a recently-passed law kicks in for public sector workers whose benefits had been reduced in the past.

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law in January by President Joe Biden, eliminated the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). Those measures ...

Some Social Security beneficiaries will be getting higher benefit payments this month as a recently-passed law kicks in for public sector workers whose benefits had been reduced in the past.

The elimination of the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) from Social Security marks a pivotal shift in the benefits landscape for retirees, particularly ...

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