New retirees impacted by the recent Social Security Fairness Act could see larger lump-sum payments, as a growing bipartisan ...

Retirees could earn more retroactive lump sum payments for the time they missed out on the benefits.

Several senators are calling on the Social Security Administration to reconsider what they say is a flaw in the implementation of the law.

The Social Security Fairness Act provided more than 2.8 million beneficiaries with higher payments. Here's what to know about reporting that income to the IRS.

Do furloughed employees get back pay? Your legal rights under GEFTA after the federal shutdown of 2026 cover a lot more.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has processed over 2.5 million retroactive payments for teachers, firefighters, police ...

Earlier coverage detailed how a tentative firefighters contract finally unlocked those hundreds of millions in back pay after ...