The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) reduced benefits for employees who worked both Social Security-covered and non-covered jobs. In January 2025, WEP was repealed, awarding retirees ...

The Social Security Administration (SSA) has processed over 2.5 million retroactive payments for teachers, firefighters, police officers and others with public pensions who were previously locked ...

Key Takeaways 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 ...

Social Security has promised to increase benefits and make retroactive payments to people affected by the windfall elimination provision and the government pension offset. The retroactive payments ...

On Jan. 5, Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act into law, which repealed two benefit rules: the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.

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 ...