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The revised definition of "spouse" extends FMLA leave rights and job protections to eligible employees in a same-sex marriage or a common-law marriage entered into in a state where those statuses are legally recognized, regardless of the state in which the employee works or resides. [63]
At your full retirement age, you could collect 100% of your spouse's Social Security benefit. Ex-spouses can also sometimes qualify for survivors benefits, along with other family members like ...
The only way to collect the maximum payment of 50% of your spouse's full benefit amount is to file at your full retirement age -- which is between the ages of 66 and 67, depending on your birth year.
But there's no financial incentive to delay a spousal benefit claim past full retirement age. With spousal benefits, if you file at full retirement age, the most you can get is 50% of the monthly ...
For each month that the benefit is claimed before the month in which the person attains Full Retirement Age, the benefit is reduced by a certain amount of the PIA. For the first 36 months, the benefit is reduced by 5/9 of 1% of the PIA; for additional months it is reduced by 5/12 of 1%. The aggregate reduction for the first three years is 20%. [10]
These benefits include an increase of child care hours to fourteen hours a day, and allowing active duty members more ability to family plan by paying for the sperm and egg freezing. [45] These decisions were made by the previous Defense Secretary "in an effort to support military families, improve retention and strengthen the force of the future."
However, if your spouse files before full retirement age, you will likely receive a permanently reduced benefit. Benefits may be reduced so that the spouse receives as little as 32.5 percent of ...
ERISA also regulates the manner in which a pension plan may pay benefits. For example, a defined benefit plan must pay a married participant's pension as a "joint-and-survivor annuity" that provides continuing benefits to the surviving spouse unless both the participant and the spouse waive the survivor coverage.