Fair Work Ombudsman cracks down on record keeping and payslip breaches

The Fair Work Ombudsman has swooped on record keeping and payslip breaches in Adelaide where it has fined 18 restaurants and massage shops.

The businesses were fined for "serious record-keeping and payslip breaches" and investigations are ongoing over possible underpayments of wages to foreign workers at many businesses.

Over the past month, Fair Work inspectors conducted surprise audits of 22 restaurants in Grote Street, Gouger Street and the central market food halls, as well as eight massage shops in the CBD, Unley, Eastwood, Oaklands Park, West Lakes and Norwood.

Inspectors visited the businesses after a tip-off from the local Chinese Students United Association, which raised concerns with the Ombudsman that international students were being underpaid.

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