Several senators are calling on the Social Security Administration to reconsider what they say is a flaw in the implementation of the law.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Social Security Administration (SSA) has processed over 2.5 million retroactive payments for teachers, firefighters, police ...

Some Social Security beneficiaries will be getting higher benefit payments this month as a recently-passed law kicks in for public sector workers whose benefits had been reduced in the past. The ...

Q. I receive a significant pension from work I have done outside of Social Security. I have not worked enough hours under Social Security to receive a benefit based on my work record. My spouse is ...

This column will discuss a special procedure that the Social Security Administration routinely uses to help individuals protect their rights to potential benefits. It’s called a “protective filing ...

However, up to now, to my knowledge, 12 months of retroactive payments have only been paid to individuals whose Social Security benefits were reduced because of the provisions of WEP. However, ...