Who do the GPO and WEP Affect?
The GPO affects people who work as federal, state, or local government employees, including educators, police officers, and firefighters, if the job is not covered by Social Security. The WEP affects people who worked in jobs not covered by Social Security and in jobs in which they earned Social Security benefits – such as educators who do not earn Social Security in the public schools, but who work part-time or during the summer in jobs covered by Social Security. The WEP also affects people who move from a job in which they earn Social Security to a job, such as teaching, in which they do not. The impact of the GPO and WEP is primarily felt in those states in which public employees like educators are not covered by Social Security (Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Texas). However, because people move from state to state, there are affected individuals everywhere. How do t
