Public employees in fifteen states are not covered by Social Security. This means that no matter when, where or how many Social Security credits you may have earned, if you retire in any one of these states, you will be subjected to the reduction in retirement benefits. If your deceased spouse has accumulated some Social Security credits, her or his retirement benefit to you will also be reduced. The fifteen states are:
ALASKA CALIFORNIA COLORADO CONNECTICUT GEORGIA ILLINOIS
KENTUCKY LOUISIANA MAINE MASSACHUSETTS MISSOURI NEVADA
OHIO. RHODE ISLAND & TEXAS (certain local governments).
January 8, 2007 at 2:53 pm
The WEP is totally unfair and discrimatory to someone like me that worked forty quarters under Social Security and the retired from teaching. Why are Kentuckians being discrimated against?