Family owned businesses in India work as the backbone to support the country’s fiscal system. While biggies such as TATAs, Birlas, Jindals and Ambanis have been strengthening the country’s economy for decades, not every family business has the expertise or foresight to stand the test of times. Among those few successful ones, Vijay Shah & Associates, a consultancy providing labour law statutory compliance, labour law consultancy, and payroll services has been immensely successful and is today in run by the third generation of the founders. “It was initially a part of our family business started by my maternal grandfather, Mr. Champaklal Mehta, way back in 1960s. He later expanded his business and invited my father Vijay Shah to be a part of his consulting business and thus our company came into being in 1983,” says Amol Shah, an intrapreneur. Operating from Mumbai, the father son duo is engaged in helping SMEs understand and regularize compliance regarding labour law.

We follow a professional approach for all our services and have maintained our core competency in labour law giving our clients undivided attention with customized and crisp solutions to their problems

Staying abreast with latest updates and holding the same dignity in the market for three decades is not an easy task. “The entire process of maintaining employee records, calculation of salary, registering the companies under various laws, preparing and payment of challans was done manually in those days. It was a challenge for us to complete the entire process within government specified time limits,” Amol adds. However, to overcome these difficulties, the organisation has developed their customised software which is a key advantage for their working space and allows them to spend more quality time in consultation services. Categorising their services into compliance, consulting and outsourcing Amol explains, “In terms of compliance, we help our clients in maintaining required records, challan preparation and filing return.