Social Security Fairness Act Checklist

Changes that you should know derived from the signing of the Social Security Fairness Act
The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law by President Biden in December 2024, brings significant changes to retirees' benefits by repealing the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision.
Social Security Fairness Act Checklist: Six Things to Know
This Social Security Fairness Act checklist explains what public sector retirees can expect from SSFA, including how much more money they might receive.
What is the Social Security Fairness Act? How does it affect my social security benefits?
For his last term in office former President Joe Biden sign a new social security measure to ehance benefits for millions of Americans.
Potential Implementation Delays Face Social Security Fairness Act
Under the SSA’s current budget, the agency expects it could take more than one year to adjust benefits and pay all retroactive benefits.
What you need to know about the Social Security Fairness Act
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 two controversial provisions – the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) — providing fairer Social Security benefits to millions.
Social Security Fairness Act Signed by Biden: What It Means for Your Retirement
Learn how the Social Security Fairness Act may increase your retirement benefits by eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.
Social Security Fairness Act’s boosted payments to 3M public employees ‘could take more than 1 year’
President Biden signed the new law, which will boost Social Security retirement payments to police and firefighters, but now payments (though retroactive) will be delayed.
The Social Security Fairness Act: What we know so far
The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates the reduction of Social Security benefits based on your work record or the work record of your spouse or former spouse while entitled to a public pension from work not covered by Social Security,
Social Security Fairness Act Retroactive Payments and 2025 Increases Are Delayed
Over three million retirees who worked in the public sector, or are entitled to spousal or surviving spousal benefits, will see delays as the SSA manually adjusts benefits as a result of the Social Security Fairness Act.
What the Social Security Fairness Act Could Mean for You
Some people who worked in both public and private jobs in their lifetimes have their Social Security benefits reduced because of the pensions they receive from their public job. That means teachers, police and fire workers,
Social Security Got a Shake-Up in 2025, and 3 Changes May Surprise Retirees
The Social Security program undergoes a series of revisions each year to ensure benefit payments keep pace with inflation and wages. The latest round of revisions took effect in January, and a recent survey published by Nationwide Retirement Institute suggests some of the changes will surprise many Americans.
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Senators demand quick implementation of Social Security Fairness Act for police, teachers
Louisiana Senator Bill Cassidy is among a bipartisan group of 27 colleagues demanding immediate Social Security Fairness Act ...
Rhode Island lawmakers call on Trump to implement Social Security Fairness Act
The Rhode Island congressional delegation called on the Trump administration to implement the Social Security Fairness Act ...
Bad news for Social Security retirees: these are the Americans who would see their payouts jeopardized with checks of up to $5,108 on hold
The Social Security Fairness Act promises to adjust past and future benefits for almost 3 million Americans but that boost to ...
New law restores Social Security benefits for thousands of Nevada retirees
The Social Security Fairness Act will eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, ...