What does WEP stand for?

Windfall Elimination Provision (Social Security benefits)

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OTHER PROVISIONS: WEP AND GPO The windfall elimination provision (WEP) affects an employee's Social Security benefit when a person works for an employer that has a public retirement system rather than any form of Social Security coverage.

Common errors in state and local government FICA and public ...

The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) originally were designed to prevent those earning government pensions and Social Security spousal or survival benefits from "double-dipping" -- or obtaining the maximum benefits under both systems.

HOUSE PANEL STUDIES BILL TO SAVE PUBLIC-EMPLOYEE BENEFITS

Social Security has provisions--the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP)--that attempt to take noncovered employment into account when calculating the Social Security benefits for public employees.

Social Security: Issues Regarding the Coverage of Public Employees

The Retired Educators Coalition for Social Security Fairness, representing more than 290,000 members, cited the financial hardships many suffer due to the Government Pension Offset (GPO) and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP).

Retired Educators Across Nation Call On Congress To Repeal Social ...

Howard McKeon and Howard Berman want to repeal the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset.

PUBLIC FORUM

To address the issues that arise with noncovered public employees, Social Security has two provisions--the Government Pension Offset (GPO), which affects spouse and survivor benefits, and the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP), which affects retired worker benefits.

Social Security: Issues Relating to Noncoverage of Public Employees

Known as the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset, the measures primarily affect city, county and state employees in California and 14 other states where public employment is not covered by Social Security.

SOCIAL INSECURITY RULES CAN SLAM RETIRED PUBLIC WORKERS