The range of products and services offered by Patel & Associates can be seen as support mechanisms and services that work in tandem with any business and administrative strategy and objectives.

The specialized focus of Patel & Associates is local government and business consulting, including forensic services and investigations; labour/employee relations; education, training and skills development; human resource management and advising on matters of a legal nature.

Through these services, organizations will not only ensure legislative compliance, but also contextualize and integrate appropriate interventions and strategies for maximum service delivery, employee relations and business impact.

Our services ensures that organizations remain within the requirements of the various applicable legislative framework, enabling them to follow the various procedures required in terms thereof and its associated regulations, thus avoiding costly disputes and improving relations within the organization and its stakeholders.

Our objectives are to render hands on advisory service, training, and to pro-actively provide guidelines and systems design to improve the management of administration, labour/employee relations in the workplace, which services include, but are not limited to:

• Advice on all applicable legislation;
• Advice and assistance with legal disputes;
• Advice and assistance with the correct procedures relating to complaints, grievance and discipline at all levels within the organization;
• Advice and assistance in dealing with allegations of unfair dismissal and unfair labour practice;
• Advice and assistance with local economic development projects;
• Advice and assistance with the sourcing of donor grant funding for municipalities;
• Bargaining Council, CCMA and Labour Court representations;
• Collective Bargaining and Negotiations;
• Conflict Management;
• Conducting skills audits and designing workplace skills plans;
• Dealing with aspects such as misconduct, incapacity and retrenchments;
• Dealing with trade unions and employee representatives;
• Dealing with work stoppages and strikes;
• Drafting of employment and specialist contracts;
• Drafting of all labour relations procedures, policies and detailed documentary systems, tailored to the client’s needs;
• Labour/Salary negotiations;
• Labour Relations policy design;
• Recruitment, selection and screening of staff;
• Skills development;
• Forensic investigations;
• Preside and or prosecute in disciplinary hearings;
• Training: Local Government Supply Chain Management;
• Training: Labour Relations Act;
• Training: Employment Equity Act;
• Training: Skills Development Act;
• Training: Basic Conditions of Employment Act;
• Training: Handling Complaints and Grievances;
• Training: Discipline and Dismissal under the LRA;
• Training: Presiding Officers, Prosecutors and disciplinary procedures;
• Training: For Municipal Councillors.