After years of workers not receiving their full Social Security benefits, Congress is voting whether to remove two key provisions or keep them.

“The advocacy efforts by ACA and all the groups representing individuals affected, and by our members and supporters, paid off. The support for HR.82 was bi-partisan, and that is a great success and a ...

The House is expected to try to pass a Social Security-related bill this week to ensure benefits for workers who are also ...

The first rule is the windfall elimination provision or WEP (which applies to one’s own benefits) and the second main rule is the government pension offset or GPO (which applies to spousal ...

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Social Security Fairness Act. It eliminates two provisions from the 1980s that ...

The Issue Eliminating Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) would create an unequal benefit structure and hasten Social Security’s insolvency.

It is important to understand a little of the background of CSRS and FERS to realize how the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset cause substantial, and often ...

After more than 38 years of employment, some as a part-time public employee, a reader is wondering if the Windfall Elimination Provision is reducing his Social Security benefits. I have worked ...

If you have qualified for social security through other employment you will need to take into account the Windfall Elimination Provision. Basic information regarding Social Security benefits is ...

The bill seeks to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP ... head of Urban Institute’s Program on Retirement Policy explained. But some people, Johnson noted, appear to have low lifetime ...

The bill would abolish the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset. This could help retired workers for local and state governments as well as those with non-covered pensions.