A measure of the availability of a benefit. The National Compensation Survey (NCS) presents data on the percent of workers with access to, and who participate in, employee benefits.
How to Collect Social Security. The U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA) allows eligible individuals to collect Social Security retirement benefits at any point between 62 and 70 years of age. There are pros and cons to early or late collection, but the process remains the same.
Raising the Retirement. Age for Social Security. When the Social Security program began paying monthly benefits in 1940, workers could receive unreduced. retired-worker benefits beginning at age 65. This age is known as the Normal Retirement Age (NRA). The. law was changed in 1983 to increase the NRA gradually beginning in 2000, from age 65 to age 67, recog-.