Retirement Security

Social Security

Government Pension Offset (GPO)

Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)

Pensions

We deserve the benefits we’ve paid for

Protecting pensions and Social Security ensures retired educators can live with dignity.

NEA supports protecting Medicare and preserving Social Security.

The GPO reduces the Social Security spousal or survivor benefits of people not covered by Social Security themselves.

The Government Pension Offset (GPO) affects 695,000 and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) deprive 1.9 million hard-working Americans of Social Security benefits they have earned.

The WEP reduces the Social Security benefits of people who work in jobs covered by Social Security and jobs NOT covered by Social Security—for example, educators who take part-time jobs to make ends meet.

Most of the people hurt by the GPO and WEP are public servants: educators, police officers, firefighters, and other employees of state and local governments.

Take Action!

Support strong public schools by taking these actions today.

Support the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act

The Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act (H.R. 2337) starts to fix problems caused by the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) for nearly 2 million people dedicated to public service, including many educators. Unfortunately, it does not address the Government Pension Offset (GPO) that reduces the Social Security spousal or survivor benefits of people not covered by Social Security themselves.

Urge your representative to support the Public Servants Protection and Fairness Act to start fixing problems caused by the WEP.

Fully repeal unfair Social Security penalties

The Social Security Fairness Act (H.R. 82) would fully repeal the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) that together deprive more than 2.5 million dedicated public servants, including many educators, of Social Security benefits they have earned.

Urge your representative in the House to support the Social Security Fairness Act to fully repeal both the GPO and WEP.

Bills in Congress

S 1302

A bill which would fully repeal the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) that deprive 2.5 million educators and other dedicated public servants of Social Security benefits they have earned.

HR 2337

A bill to start to fix problems caused by the WEP—a step in the right direction toward full GPO/WEP repeal.

HR 82

This bill would fully repeal the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP).