Federal employees considering a shift to part-time hours have several factors to consider when it comes to their retirement ...

All Social Security recipients who are collecting benefits get the COLA because otherwise their buying power would decline ...

Retirement can be challenging, even more so for stay-at-home parents who perform unpaid caregiving work while their spouses work outside the home. In August 2025, retired workers received an average ...

Learn how to claim the $255 Social Security survivor benefit, who qualifies, and how new proposals could raise the amount.

Also, set up automatic payments so that you never again miss a payment. You typically can set up automatic payments to cover the minimum balance, the statement balance or a fixed dollar amount. You ...

As we get deeper into October and autumn settles in across the country, millions of Canadians who depend on their retirement ...

This has been a unique year, with Social Security's cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) reveal delayed by nine days due to the ...

After years of volatile cost-of-living adjustments, millions of veterans and military retirees are set to receive a 2.8% ...

To reach the maximum Social Security payout you generally need to earn at or above the program's taxable wage cap for 35 years so those top wages count in your benefit formula; that lifetime pattern ...

How do survivor benefits work for divorced spouses? How to collect Social Security on a deceased ex-spouse Advisors’ role in helping clients claim survivor benefits Social Security rules allow a ...

The SSA uses September’s CPI to chart cost-of-living adjustments, but the Bureau of Labor Statistics has halted data collection.

Social Security beneficiaries will get a 2.8 percent increase in their monthly payments next year, the Social Security ...