The Social Security Fairness Act repeals WEP and GPO, two provisions that reduce or eliminate Social Security benefits for certain federal annuitants.

Two provisions have been eliminated that reduced Social Security benefits for public workers who receive pensions. Here's what that means for retirees.

According to Joe Elsasser, a certified financial planner and the founder and president of Covisum, the law could result in a substantial wave of new Social Security claims by people at all stages of retirement — particularly those who would have had spousal benefits reduced to $0 by the Government Pension Offset.

President Biden has signed into law a measure that boosts Social Security payments for current and former public employees.

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed by President Joe Biden on Sunday, will increase retirement benefits for many educators and other public sector workers, including nearly 290,000 in California.

Current and former public sector workers in Massachusetts are hailing the passage of the Social Security Fairness Act.

Here's how a retired Canton City firefighter got invited to President Joe Biden's signing of the Social Security Fairness Act.

Teachers, firefighters, police and others who earn a separate pension for government work will now get their full Social Security benefits.

"Americans who have worked hard all their lives to earn an honest living should be able to retire with economic security and dignity," Biden said.