Two Social Security rules can take a big bite out of the benefits of pensioners and their spouses, ex-spouses and survivors.

Learn about the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) and how they affect retirees with ...

Former Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves' Social Security Fairness Act repeals WEP and GPO penalties for millions of ...

Aldeman: Giving some retirees extra funds will undermine the program's progressive nature, cost taxpayers billions, force ...

Though many unions signed on, the victory was really due to an enormous national grassroots campaign, begun by a retired ...

I want to thank all Nevadans who supported the bill and urge public workers to support RPEN and its mission to protect PERS and employee benefits ...

The Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund pays retirement, spousal, and survivors benefits.

Millions of retired public employees will now receive higher Social Security payments. President Joe Biden signed the Social ...

With a full repeal of Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) now signed into law, the Social Security Administration (SSA) must provide Congress […] ...

The legislation passed Saturday by Congress eliminates two formula, known as the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, that reduced benefits for workers who paid into ...

Government pensions are valuable retirement benefits, but they have long come with a downside. A non-covered pension had the potential to reduce someone's Social Security benefits by hundreds ...

Kate Dias was still in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday morning, ostensibly because of a significant snowstorm that hit the nation’s capitol early this week, but she spent some time savoring a piece of ...