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Feds: Housing company failed to pay minimum wage

By Associated Press
Published: September 27, 2016, 4:17pm

TACOMA — Federal authorities said a company that manages apartment complexes throughout Washington has agreed to pay $239,000 to 79 workers for overtime and minimum wage violations.

Tacoma-based Cambridge Management Inc. manages more than 100 properties in Washington.

The U.S. Labor Department said in a news release Tuesday the company improperly failed to pay overtime to property managers and maintenance technicians who worked more than 40 hours per week; took credits toward worker wages that were greater than allowed by law for providing company-owned apartments; and required some technicians to provide their own tools — expenses that drove their effective...

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