2025 Social Security COLA Set at 2.5%, Impacting Retiree Budgets
The Social Security Administration announced a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2025, significantly lower than the 8.7% increase in 2022, impacting millions of retirees and potentially increasing taxes on benefits for some.
2025 Social Security COLA Set at 2.5%, Impacting Retiree Budgets
The Social Security Administration announced a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2025, significantly lower than the 8.7% increase in 2022, impacting millions of retirees and potentially increasing taxes on benefits for some.
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52% Bias Score
2.5% Social Security COLA Increase for 2025
The Social Security Administration announced a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2025, increasing benefits for millions starting in January 2025, impacting retirees, disabled individuals, and surviving spouses; tax rates remain unchanged.
2.5% Social Security COLA Increase for 2025
The Social Security Administration announced a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2025, increasing benefits for millions starting in January 2025, impacting retirees, disabled individuals, and surviving spouses; tax rates remain unchanged.
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4% Bias Score
Algorithm Targets Vulnerable Mothers in French Health Insurance Checks
The French national health insurance fund uses an algorithm to target controls of the solidarity health supplement (C2S), focusing on women over 25 with at least one minor child, which has raised ethical and legal concerns regarding potential discrimination against vulnerable mothers.
Algorithm Targets Vulnerable Mothers in French Health Insurance Checks
The French national health insurance fund uses an algorithm to target controls of the solidarity health supplement (C2S), focusing on women over 25 with at least one minor child, which has raised ethical and legal concerns regarding potential discrimination against vulnerable mothers.
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64% Bias Score
Strategic Retirement Timing: Balancing Finances, Health, and Lifestyle
Choosing the right retirement age involves assessing financial resources, health, lifestyle goals, Social Security claiming strategies, and market conditions; professional financial advice is recommended.
Strategic Retirement Timing: Balancing Finances, Health, and Lifestyle
Choosing the right retirement age involves assessing financial resources, health, lifestyle goals, Social Security claiming strategies, and market conditions; professional financial advice is recommended.
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20% Bias Score
Turkey Reduces Social Security Incentives, Increasing Employer Costs
A new Turkish law reduces employer social security contributions incentives from 5% to 4% for most sectors, increasing costs by approximately 400 lira monthly per employee, while maintaining a 5% incentive for manufacturing until at least 2026.
Turkey Reduces Social Security Incentives, Increasing Employer Costs
A new Turkish law reduces employer social security contributions incentives from 5% to 4% for most sectors, increasing costs by approximately 400 lira monthly per employee, while maintaining a 5% incentive for manufacturing until at least 2026.
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40% Bias Score
SNP to Scrap Two-Child Benefit Cap, Boosting Social Security Spending
The SNP government in Scotland will scrap the two-child benefit cap by 2026, increasing social security spending by £800 million and impacting over 15,000 children, while increasing NHS funding by £2 billion to a total of £21 billion, and increasing public sector pay by 9% over three years.
SNP to Scrap Two-Child Benefit Cap, Boosting Social Security Spending
The SNP government in Scotland will scrap the two-child benefit cap by 2026, increasing social security spending by £800 million and impacting over 15,000 children, while increasing NHS funding by £2 billion to a total of £21 billion, and increasing public sector pay by 9% over three years.
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48% Bias Score
İzmir Mayor Rebuts Erdoğan's İzmir Gulf and ESHOT Criticisms
İzmir Mayor Cemil Tugay refutes President Erdoğan's claims of İzmir Gulf neglect and ESHOT bus service disruptions, citing ongoing cleanup projects, a planned purchase of 620 new buses, and attributing municipal SGK debt to national economic mismanagement.
İzmir Mayor Rebuts Erdoğan's İzmir Gulf and ESHOT Criticisms
İzmir Mayor Cemil Tugay refutes President Erdoğan's claims of İzmir Gulf neglect and ESHOT bus service disruptions, citing ongoing cleanup projects, a planned purchase of 620 new buses, and attributing municipal SGK debt to national economic mismanagement.
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52% Bias Score
Social Security Fairness Act Faces Uncertain Future Despite Bipartisan Support
The House-passed Social Security Fairness Act, with bipartisan support, seeks to expand benefits for 2.8 million retirees by eliminating provisions reducing payments for those with non-covered pensions; however, its future is uncertain due to Senate inaction.
Social Security Fairness Act Faces Uncertain Future Despite Bipartisan Support
The House-passed Social Security Fairness Act, with bipartisan support, seeks to expand benefits for 2.8 million retirees by eliminating provisions reducing payments for those with non-covered pensions; however, its future is uncertain due to Senate inaction.
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40% Bias Score
Windfall Elimination Provision: Impact and Debate
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) reduces Social Security benefits for retirees who also receive a non-covered pension, affecting roughly 3% of recipients; it aims to prevent higher earners from receiving disproportionately high benefits.
Windfall Elimination Provision: Impact and Debate
The Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) reduces Social Security benefits for retirees who also receive a non-covered pension, affecting roughly 3% of recipients; it aims to prevent higher earners from receiving disproportionately high benefits.
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48% Bias Score
Mexico Seeks to Regulate App-Based Delivery Workers' Rights
Mexico's government proposed a bill to grant social security and worker protections to approximately 272,000 app-based delivery workers earning at least one minimum monthly wage, defining them as "digital platform workers" distinct from independent contractors, while maintaining flexible work arrang...
Mexico Seeks to Regulate App-Based Delivery Workers' Rights
Mexico's government proposed a bill to grant social security and worker protections to approximately 272,000 app-based delivery workers earning at least one minimum monthly wage, defining them as "digital platform workers" distinct from independent contractors, while maintaining flexible work arrang...
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32% Bias Score
Workplace Giving Programs Surge as Younger Workers Prioritize Social Impact
Workplace giving programs are experiencing a significant resurgence, with donations rising 14% to $3.2 billion in 2023 through Benevity alone, driven largely by younger workers using the platform to support causes such as disaster relief efforts in Gaza, particularly amidst cutbacks in other employe...
Workplace Giving Programs Surge as Younger Workers Prioritize Social Impact
Workplace giving programs are experiencing a significant resurgence, with donations rising 14% to $3.2 billion in 2023 through Benevity alone, driven largely by younger workers using the platform to support causes such as disaster relief efforts in Gaza, particularly amidst cutbacks in other employe...
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36% Bias Score
Russia's Informal Workforce Reaches 14.2 Million in Q3 2023
In Q3 2023, 14.2 million Russians (19.1% of the workforce) were informally employed, driven by seasonal work, government policies, and employer cost-cutting, resulting in a growing social welfare burden.
Russia's Informal Workforce Reaches 14.2 Million in Q3 2023
In Q3 2023, 14.2 million Russians (19.1% of the workforce) were informally employed, driven by seasonal work, government policies, and employer cost-cutting, resulting in a growing social welfare burden.
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56% Bias Score