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For Federal Retirees affected by WEP and GPO - Government Executive

H.R. 82 – The Social Security Fairness Act – was signed into law earlier this week, eliminating Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). These provisions reduced Social Security benefits for anyone with a “non-covered” pension, such as pensions received by older Federal employees who retired under the previous Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS). Those who retired under “CSRS” will soon see their Social Security benefit (earned separate from their government employment) increase.

This is obviously great news for many who worked for the Federal Government for years and who also worked separately in a job where they also earned Social Security. The new law will remove the Social Security reduction to their current SS benefit, thus increasing their monthly Social Security payment. It’s important to note that this does not affect newer Federal employees who retire under the newer Federal Employee Retirement System (FERS) – only older retirees under the CSRS program are affected (and for clarity, the Social Security Fairness Act also affects other state and local government retirees in a positive way). Nevertheless, many older Federal retirees stand to gain financially by elimination of the WEP and GPO provisions. In this special edition of the Government Executive, Tammy Flanigan explains how Federal CSRS retirees are affected by the this new law, and includes an informative Q&A section specific to affected Federal retirees. Click here to read this Government Executive article.

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