91% of Social Security Fairness Act Benefit increases Processed : Check Who is in the List?

The former President of United States of America, Joe Biden, had signed amendment in law, i.e. Social Security Fairness Act, regarding the payment of due benefits for the federal employees. This new law now provisions payment of all the pension benefits to be recalculated and paid to eligible federal employees. The Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset are being repealed by the amendment. This amendment was implemented in January 2025 and will effectively enable payment of due from January 2024. The federal employees who have not received benefits that were not covered under the Social Security programs will receive their respective Social Security Fairness Act benefits. These benefits will be given to former employees including teachers, fire-fighters and police-officers who are now receiving their pension benefits under the Social Security.

91% of Social Security Fairness Act benefit increases

In compliance with the Social Security Fairness Act, the Social Security Administration had already begun distributing the pending benefits of the federal employees. This step will benefit approximately 2.5 million citizens in the USA. The previous WEP and GPO laws prevented the payment of any benefits other than the ones that were covered under Social Security. Now the Social Security Fairness Act remedies that and all the pending payment since January 2024 will be paid to all eligible federal employees. Earlier, the limited payment of Social Security benefits had adversely impacted a huge chunk of the federal workforce. It is a very welcoming decision in my opinion but at the same time the ones that haven’t yet received their pending benefits need to inform the relevant authorities so that their dues can be cleared.

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As of now, it is estimated that at least 91% of the payments have already been distributed under the Social Security Fairness Act. It is very crucial to provide all necessary documentation as required by the Social Security Administration as all the remaining federal employees will have to be processed manually. It is estimated that benefits of around 200,000 federal employees still remain to be recalculated and processed. The automated processing of the payments under the Social Security Fairness Act began in February 2025 and the majority of the payments were processed by March 2025. The incremented monthly benefits were processed and distributed from April 2025 which also included increments of the previous month. The federal employees who haven’t yet received will be processed manually and therefore may take up to November 2025 for all these discrepancies to be removed.

Social Security Fairness Act benefits Quick Overview

What is Social Security Fairness Act?

The SSF Act was designed to address the long awaited grievance of the numerous federal employees that were severely disappointed by not receiving the much deserved benefits like other federal employees. The employees argued that we are serving and fulfilling part of the federal serving then how come the federal authorities are discriminating against us. The WEP and GPO provisions were not at all in parity with the concept of “equal treatment of the equals”. Therefore, the federal government finally listened and passed the Social Security Fairness Act that resolved the long standing issue by granting adequate relief to the federal employees.

What needs to be done by the former federal employees for Social Security Fairness Act Benefits ?

The Social Security authorities require all the documentation to be verified manually to ascertain the eligibility of the applicant for their consideration under the Social Security Fairness Act. Thus, the respective federal employees need to provide their documentation regarding their employment history, personal verification, Social Security details and other relevant information as deemed necessary by the SSA. The delay in processing of the manual verification is due to the incomplete records and discrepancies in the pension database associated with these excluded federal employees. Now they have to themselves provide with all the incomplete details to the SSA and those who failed to appear in the approved list can now manually verify their Security Fairness Act Benefits eligibility .

How much will be received under the Social Security Fairness Act benefits?

The additional benefits that will be given to federal employees are subject to vary on the basis of the work history of the associated employee. The circumstances of the pension and qualification of the pensioner will also affect the ascertainment of the exact amount that will be given to each and every federal employee. However just for a n estimation the former federal employees can expect their increment in their monthly income to be around $1000 or even more based on their eligibility.

When will I receive the Social Security Fairness Act benefits?

Once all the proceedings are duly completed and all the required information is provided and processed then the associated federal employee can expect their respective benefits from the succeeding month upon their qualification. The SSA will notify the respective federal pensioner regarding their qualification and the amount that will be incremented in their monthly income. Further, the due from January 2024 to their qualification will also be credited in the same month and from next month the incremented monthly payment will be disbursed accordingly. These remaining federal employees who need to be verified manually can speed up the process by promptly providing all their details as required by the SSA. The federal employee can visit their SSA accounts for any latest notification and initiate their verification process when asked to do so.