The Social Security Fairness Act ends WEP and GPO reductions, boosting benefits for many—but not all eligible recipients are automatically included.

The majority of affected beneficiaries already began receiving their increased monthly benefit amounts in April.

The newly enacted Social Security Fairness Act has delivered significant relief and positive news for approximately 2.8 million public sector retirees in the United States.

The Social Security Fairness Act gets rid of two long-standing laws: the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the ...

The Social Security Fairness Act went into effect in Feb 2025 and the SSA has been sending billions in retroactive payments and benefit adjustments to qualifying individuals. The act gets rid of two ...

After a year-long legislation effort to strengthen retirement benefits for independent workers, Senator Bill Cassidy has ...

During his final days in office, President Joe Biden signed the Social Security Fairness Act, which increased the federal retirement benefits of 3.2 million U.S. seniors. If you're among them, you ...

Massachusetts public sector retirees celebrate Social Security Fairness Act 02:12. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has processed over 2.5 million retroactive payments for teachers ...

More: Public workers waited 40 years for law to boost Social Security.Now, they wait for payout. Early this year, former President Joe Biden signed into law the Social Security Fairness Act that ...

Now, more than 40 years after WEP was enacted, the Social Security Fairness Act has rolled it back. With bipartisan support, the act was signed into law on Jan. 5, 2025.

The U.S. House of Representatives ultimately voted to pass the Social Security Fairness Act on November 12, 2024. On Saturday, December 21, 2024, just after midnight, H.R. 82 passed the Senate.

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, aimed at promoting women's health and economic well-being, effectively protects pregnant women from having to choose between their paychecks and their health, ...