The first rule is the windfall elimination provision or WEP (which applies to one’s own benefits) and the second main rule is the government pension offset or GPO (which applies to spousal ...

Members of Congress recently filed a discharge petition on a bill to repeal Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision ...

This reduction is called the windfall elimination provision, or WEP. Consider working with a financial advisor as you make financial plans for your retirement. Sponsored: Find a qualified ...

The Social Security Fairness Act was proposed to reverse the rules surrounding the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO). These two Social Security rules can ...

After more than 38 years of employment, some as a part-time public employee, a reader is wondering if the Windfall Elimination Provision is reducing his Social Security benefits. I have worked ...

Under one program called the Windfall Elimination Provision, more than 213,570 recipients or their families are affected in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. And those impacted by another provision ...

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Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., and Garrett Graves, R-La., would repeal Social Security’s windfall elimination provision and government pension offset. The windfall elimination provision reduces ...

But experts say simply eliminating the rules — formally known as the government pension offset, or GPO, and windfall elimination provision, or WEP — may not make the program's benefits fairer.

Meanwhile, Vermont only had 3% of employees not covered by Social Security. The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) has been around since 1983 and affects public employees who received a pension ...