Social Security Fairness Act Checklist

Changes that you should know derived from the signing of the Social Security Fairness Act
The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law by President Biden in December 2024, brings significant changes to retirees' benefits by repealing the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision.
3.2 million retirees expect increases in their Social Security benefits
Social Security payments will see significant changes due to the Social Security Fairness Act. This new legislation, signed by President Joe Biden, aims to rectify benefit calculations for millions, especially those impacted by the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset.
What is the Social Security Fairness Act? How does it affect my social security benefits?
For his last term in office former President Joe Biden sign a new social security measure to ehance benefits for millions of Americans.
Social Security Fairness Act Checklist: Six Things to Know
This Social Security Fairness Act checklist explains what public sector retirees can expect from SSFA, including how much more money they might receive.
Potential Implementation Delays Face Social Security Fairness Act
Under the SSA’s current budget, the agency expects it could take more than one year to adjust benefits and pay all retroactive benefits.
Social Security Fairness Act Signed by Biden: What It Means for Your Retirement
Learn how the Social Security Fairness Act may increase your retirement benefits by eliminating the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset.
What you need to know about the Social Security Fairness Act
On January 5, 2025, the Social Security Fairness Act was signed into law, marking a major reform for public sector workers, including firefighters, police officers and teachers. This law eliminates two controversial provisions – the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) — providing fairer Social Security benefits to millions.
Social Security Fairness Act’s boosted payments to 3M public employees ‘could take more than 1 year’
President Biden signed the new law, which will boost Social Security retirement payments to police and firefighters, but now payments (though retroactive) will be delayed.
Social Security Fairness Act Retroactive Payments and 2025 Increases Are Delayed
Over three million retirees who worked in the public sector, or are entitled to spousal or surviving spousal benefits, will see delays as the SSA manually adjusts benefits as a result of the Social Security Fairness Act.
New law restores Social Security benefits for thousands of Nevada retirees
The Social Security Fairness Act will eliminate the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, restoring benefits many public workers were previously denied.
Social Security Got a Shake-Up in 2025, and 3 Changes May Surprise Retirees
The Social Security program undergoes a series of revisions each year to ensure benefit payments keep pace with inflation and wages. The latest round of revisions took effect in January, and a recent survey published by Nationwide Retirement Institute suggests some of the changes will surprise many Americans.
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Lawmakers press Social Security on lag in paying expanded benefits to public employees
U.S. senators from both political parties wrote to the acting Social Security commissioner on Thursday, expressing concern it might take the agency more than a year to implement an expansion to ...
Rhode Island lawmakers call on Trump to implement Social Security Fairness Act
The Rhode Island congressional delegation called on the Trump administration to implement the Social Security Fairness Act ...
Bad news for Social Security retirees: these are the Americans who would see their payouts jeopardized with checks of up to $5,108 on hold
The Social Security Fairness Act promises to adjust past and future benefits for almost 3 million Americans but that boost to ...