In a move hailed as a victory for public servants across the nation, the Social Security Fairness Act is now the law. This landmark legislation eliminates the W ...

(Photo illustration by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) Together, the Windfall Elimination Provision and the Government Pension Offset were responsible for significantly reducing Social Security ...

The Social Security Fairness Act sees public workers’ pensions go up The Social Security Fairness Act cancels two provisions, the Government Pension Offset and the Windfall Elimination Provision.

The average benefit increase will be about $360 per month. "With a full repeal of Social Security’s Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO) now signed into law ...