The contractor is clearly breaking the law, in my view. Unlike in California, where restaurants must still pay the same state minimum wage (or, in some cases, local minimum wage) to traditional tipping positions, federal law sets this as low as about $2.60 per hour. It appears the contractor is illegally misclassifying this service as a tipping job.
Originally Posted by
neuron
The airport workers are expected to receive an extra $1.75 on top of the base $6.50 their contractor pays them for their work. The problem I have with this is how did this job become a tippable service? Blaming it on the users of this service is a bit much since one would think this is something the airport should be providing (by law) to their customers.
The airport and airlines are providing this service by law.