The evolution of Social Security in the U.S. reflects its adaptation to social and legal changes. A pivotal Supreme Court ...

The GPO was originally implemented to ensure that government employees who didn’t pay Social Security taxes had their benefits calculated similarly to private-sector workers who did contribute.

Some 2.8 million Americans may be eligible to receive an increase in their monthly Social Security benefits. Are you one of ...

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

Editor's note: This article was originally published in 2022. The Social Security Fairness Act of 2023 was signed into law on Jan. 5, 2025, repealing the WEP and GPO. By Hannah Sammut. There were ...

GPO is now said to affect close to 10% of Social Security spousal and survivor beneficiaries, or 6.5 million individuals. The great majority of those affected will have their Social Security ...

Claims for Social Security benefits have skyrocketed since the beginning of 2025, data from the Social Security ...

About 1 percent of Social Security recipients lose some spousal benefits due to the GPO. That amounts to 723,970 Social Security beneficiaries nationwide as of December 2021.

Before enactment of the GPO, if the same woman was a government employee who didn’t pay into Social Security but earned a $900 government pension, there was no reduction.

Q: I worked for the government for several years and then took a job in the private sector, which I left at retirement. I took Social Security at age 62 and, at that time, the amount I received ...

Enacted in 1977, the Government Pension Offset (GPO) ensures that benefit calculations of public sector government employees who don’t pay into Social Security are calculated the same way as ...

The history of WEP and GPO. Prior to 1983 if you worked in a government job and did not pay FICA (Federal Insurance Contribution Act) taxes, the Social Security Department did not know you had a ...