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Social Security is a complex program that has undergone a number of changes since the program was signed into law in 1935. One of those changes? The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which came to ...
U.S. News & World Report: Sharona Hoffman, the Edgar A. Hahn Professor of Law and co-director of the Law-Medicine Center, highlighted fairness concerns surrounding the Windfall Elimination Provision ...
The Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law by President Joe Biden in January 2025 to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset. The law means retirees, and ...
The Social Security Fairness Act has repealed two major provisions — The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) — that will provide financial relief for some. Here’s ...
In January of this year, the Social Security Fairness Act (the “Act”) was signed into law, marking a potentially significant change for certain retirees who receive pensions from public sector work.
If you’re following the buzz around the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA), you might be wondering how it affects your own retirement. In a nutshell, the SSFA just made more than 3 million public ...
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) was designed to prevent public sector employees—like teachers and firefighters—from receiving disproportionately high Social Security benefits due to working ...