Q. I receive a significant pension from work I have done outside of Social Security. I have not worked enough hours under ...

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

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The elimination of the WEP and GPO under the Social Security Fairness Act may mean that you need to file for retroactive ...

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 ...

The rules for retroactive benefits are different for different kinds of Social Security payments, according to Social Security expert Andy Landis. Imagine giving up a portion of your Social ...

The Social Security Administration announced Tuesday that is “immediately” beginning to pay retroactive benefits, and it will increase monthly payments in April to public sector workers whose benefits ...

The decrease was not driven by Americans earning less, but was instead attributed to a reduction in Social Security payments.

If you were collecting Social Security benefits in 2024 that were reduced by the WEP or GPO, you should have received your retroactive payment by the end of March. The payments started going out ...

The SSA began sending payments in February and by March 5 had paid more than 1.1 million people more than $7.5 million in retroactive payments, the agency said. The average amount of the ...

More than 3.2 million Social Security recipients who received pensions from their time as teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public service jobs will soon see a boost in their benefits.

Social Security Delays Retroactive Payments For Public Workers—Here's What You Need To Know. Kaili Killpack . Fri, Feb 7, 2025, 1:00 PM 3 min read.