More than 100,000 Ohio retirees, public workers to get more money from Social Security

Across Ohio, more than 100,000 retirees and public workers, including teachers, firefighters and police officers, will get more money from Social Security following adoption of a new federal law.

The Social Security Fairness Act, signed into law Jan. 5 by President Joe Biden , repeals two provisions that decreased how much some public employees are able to collect in Social Security benefits.

In Ohio, nearly all public employees do not contribute to Social Security and instead are enrolled in one of the five public pension systems. But many of them have worked or will work other jobs that do contribute to Social Security. That’s where Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) come into play…

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