Young and the Invested on MSN

The WEP is Over: How It's Rise and Fall Affects Some Workers' Social Security Payments

One of those changes? The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which came to life roughly four decades ago (and subsequently ...
MiBolsilloColombia on MSN

Social Security change: Millions of public servants to see bigger checks as unpopular rules end

The Social Security Fairness Act has repealed the WEP and GPO provisions. Learn how this affects public service workers and ...
The CPA Journal

The Windfall Elimination Program Repeal

On January 5, 2025, President Biden signed H.R. 82, the Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 (Public Law 118-273), to repeal ...
FOX8 Cleveland

Public Employees May Qualify for Higher Social Security Benefits Following WEP and GPO Repeal

BOSTON, MA, UNITED STATES, May 15, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- The recent changes in Social Security laws mean public employees affected by the Windfall Elimination ...
Yahoo

Local public employees celebrate repeal of Social Security windfall provision

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 ...
Forbes

A Game-Changing Social Security Boost For Teachers And Public Workers

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Host of the Retire Sooner podcast and CFP™ practitioner. Together, the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension ...
Government Executive

SSA: It could take more than a year to implement the WEP and GPO repeal

Officials at the Social Security Administration said it could take more than a year for the agency to fully implement recently enacted legislation repealing two controversial tax provisions that ...
Fast Company

Social Security Fairness Act: Who qualifies? How much will I get in increased SS payments? Here’s everything to know

Just weeks before the end of his presidency, President Joe Biden has signed a new act into law that is set to increase monthly Social Security payments for close to three million Americans. The bill, ...
USA Today

New law ignites a wave of new Social Security benefit claims. And checks.

The first wave of Social Security claims resulting from the Social Security Fairness Act signed into law on Jan. 5 has been processed and checks are being sent, the Social Security Administration said ...
NBC New York

Social Security Fairness Act brings retirement changes for nearly 3 million public pensioners. Here's what that means for retirees

President Joe Biden on Sunday signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law, clearing the way for nearly 3 million public workers including teachers, firefighters and police to see an increase to ...
Houston Chronicle

Will the Windfall Elimination Provision Cut Your Social Security?

The Windfall Elimination Provision is designed to prevent people who didn't pay Social Security tax on the majority of their income from receiving disproportionately high Social Security payments. In ...
Orlando Sentinel

The Savings Game: Social Security Fairness Act passes House, needs Senate approval

Most Americans have jobs that withhold payroll taxes (aka FICA taxes) that contribute to the Social Security system, and when they reach retirement age they are able to claim a Social Security benefit ...