The increased monthly payments will go to Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset recipients.

Some beneficiaries who have certain public pensions, such as teachers, police officers and firefighters, were blocked from receiving 100% of their Social Security checks up until

The Social Security Administration announced Tuesday it’s beginning to pay retroactive benefits and will increase monthly benefit payments to millions of former public workers. This will apply to people whose benefits have been affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset.