From the legal aspect what is the difference between an Offer letter and an Appointment Letter?

Hi,
I want to know there is any legal action if a company not given you offered letter till 1 month.
Please reply.

Really nice thread. Loved reading it. I'm sure most of the people are confused about these terms! I got some amazing replies about difference between appointment letter and offer letter. But, I din't get the reply why employers don't provide appointment letter? Any specific reasons? My fiends didn't get any appointment letter and it's been about 2 months. Something serious issue that i need to warn him?

There is a difference. If a candidate is selected, offer letter is issued so that he can resign from his earlier company on the basis of this letter. In offer letter, company states that the company is offering him post and he should join the company before certain date, as also, informing him to submit the required documents at the time of joining.
After joining, company collects relieving letter, experience letter and other documents from the employee and issues an Appointment letter stating period of probation if any, and other terms of employment, cessation of employment etc. In this letter company gives full details of ctc package offered to an employee.

Certainly there are differences between offer letter and appointment letter. We may say offer letter is one kind of proposal which states salary, terms and conditions of service etc. Usually it is furnished before rendering the letter of appointment letter. Both of the letters have legal value. From employee point of view, appointment letter is must for the job. If it is issued, getting of offer letter may be ignored.
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Md. Iqbal Rabbani
Bangladesh
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Dear all,
please give me suggestion for appointment letter how many point mention in appointment letter
and mention important role and responsibility plz take me suggestion

Coming to Appointment letter, is proof of appointment that a person is accepting the offer and ready to work for the company and agree with the terms and conditions of the company. Once the candidate accepts the offer made- an acceptance mail is sent to the employer confirming the joining date. Simple.

role and responsibility is mandatory in appointment letter - yes or no please explain me details i will some confuse
i kindly request please help me

Offer letter and appointment letter are two ends of the same thread. Once the candidate has been selected after the interview. he/she receives an offer letter. Offer letter includes the basic information about the organization. It states the ctc offered to the candidate along with the benefits that the organization will provide to the candidate as an employee.

Whereas an appointment letter is a much detailed version. It includes a detailed explanation on the policies that the employee needs to abide by. It explains the benefits and restrictions the employee has to maintain along with the probationary details.