The Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA) is reshaping retirement for millions of public sector retirees in the U.S. by ...

The Social Security Administration, which overpays billions in benefits annually, is beginning to withhold some benefits sent ...

The Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA), enacted on January 5, 2025, marks a significant shift in Social Security benefits, ...

Callers to SSA's toll-free number are played a message about the Social Security Fairness Act, with an aim of avoiding long and frustrating wait times for people seeking information about the new law.

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 ...

U.S. President Joe Biden signs the Social Security Fairness Act during an event in the East Room of the White House on January 5, 2025 in Washington, DC.

According to the SSA, these two provisions reduced or eliminated the Social Security benefits for people who received a pension based on work that was not covered by Social Security.

As of July 7, the SSA completed sending over 3.1 million payments, totaling $17 billion, to beneficiaries eligible under the Social Security Fairness Act (SSFA).

Earlier this year, the Social Security Fairness Act boosted Social Security payments for nearly 3 million people. SSA says benefits have been expanded for about 91% of those eligible.

Now, more than 40 years after WEP was enacted, the Social Security Fairness Act has rolled ... and by March, the SSA had paid 1,127,723 people ... its national parks, may be a great way to pass ...

Employees with Social Security will need to update each of these complicated cases manually. If you didn’t receive your increase in April, you should continue watching out for a notice from the SSA.

The Social Security Administration (SSA), in an online update on Jan. 24, 2025, also said the act does “not provide money to implement the law,’’ which has an effective date retroactive to ...