On January 5, 2025, the Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law, marking a major reform for public sector workers, including firefighters, police officers and teachers. This law eliminates ...

The WEP reduced Social Security benefits for retired federal workers who had also spent part of their careers in the private ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has announced that Social Security benefits for thousands of Americans will increase ...

For his last term in office former President Joe Biden sign a new social security measure to ehance benefits for millions of ...

It took 40 years for Congress to pass a law to boost Social Security for public workers. Now, SSA says they must wait at ...

The Social Security program is very complex and has many rules regarding who can claim benefits, when they can claim benefits, and how much they can claim. The Social Security Fairness Act eliminated ...

Though Congress acted on a bipartisan basis last year to pass legislation ending two controversial tax provisions that ...

It ends the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO), which reduced or eliminated the Social ...

Learn how the Social Security Fairness Act may increase your retirement benefits by eliminating the Windfall Elimination ...

Investopedia spoke with Isabel Barrow at Edelman Financial Engines to discuss the changes the new Social Security Fairness ...

The Rhode Island congressional delegation called on the Trump administration to implement the Social Security Fairness Act ...

Millions of retired Americans are set to benefit, but there are concerns the program could run out of funds sooner.