Tag: uncovered workers
A new report from the Congressional Research Service appears to have rekindled the controversy surrounding the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP). This provision reduces Social Security benefits for workers receiving significant government pensions from jobs not covered by Social Security. A companion provision – the Government Pension Offset (GPO) – makes similar adjustments for their spouses…
Plans satisfy letter of the law but fall short of lifetime benefits, new study shows. About one-quarter of state and local government employees – approximately 6.5 million workers – are not covered by Social Security on their current job. These workers are concentrated in 12 states (see Table 1). To remain outside of Social Security,…
