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The Social Security Administration says it has processed 2.5 million retroactive payments to people previously locked out of retirement benefits.

The SSA has now confirmed it has sent out 3.1 million payments to those impacted by the Social Security Fairness Act.

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

The agency said it is temporarily reassigning about 1,000 customer service representatives from field offices to work on 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 ...

Social Security employees fear that adding complicated unpaid pension claims to their priority list will push routine needs ...

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.

If the Social Security Fairness Act comes up for a vote in the Senate, it's expected to pass, having already secured the majority needed to send it to President Joe Biden for his signature.

The Social Security Fairness Act eliminates the reduction of Social Security benefits based on your work record or the work record of your spouse or former spouse while entitled to a public ...

Editor's note: A correction was made to this story to clarify that non-covered workers did not pay Social Security taxes on their pensions, according to the SSA website. On Jan. 5, former ...

Social Security Fairness Act and taxes: Bottom line. If you’re receiving Social Security benefits, understanding the potential tax impacts of the Social Security Fairness Act is essential.