What is it and is it fair? There is much discussion as to whether the Social Security Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) is fair. The WEP provision was signed into law on April 21, 1983. This ...

This article is about how the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset can impact Social Security Pensions. It also touches on deferring Social Security Benefits until age 70, ...

Affecting a small percentage of Social Security beneficiaries, the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) is a modified benefit formula that can reduce the size of your Social Security retirement or ...

Throughout your career, it’s likely that a portion of your income has gone toward Social Security benefits each pay period. The purpose? When the time comes to retire, you are able to draw monthly ...

A pair of federal government provisions designed to reduce excessive Social Security payouts are once again being targeted for elimination by U.S. lawmakers. At issue are the Windfall Elimination ...

Congress tried to eliminate windfall benefits for workers who had been exempt from Social Security contributions for part of their career by enacting the Government Pension Offset (GPO) in 1977 and ...

When it comes to Social Security benefits, private-sector and public-sector employees are not created equal. For those falling under the latter category, there are two rules that may reduce the amount ...

Hard on the heels of the launch of the Contract Quality Marque comes the news that the three major private security industry bodies - the British Security Industry Association (BSIA), the National ...

OTTAWA - A provision of federal immigration law can be used to bar people on security grounds for engaging in violence only when there is a clear connection to national security, the Supreme Court of ...