When must an employee complete annual training?

• A. Within 6 months of hire.
• B. Within 12 months after you hire the employee.
• C. Within 9 months of hire.
• D. Within 18 months after hire.

Answer: (B)

Annual training is tied to the hire date, so it must be completed within 12 months after the employee starts. This sets up a yearly cycle: new staff receive the required training within their first year, and then refreshers are kept up each year on a 12-month cadence. Completing it within a year prevents any gap in mandatory knowledge, safety, and policy understanding. Timelines like six or nine months finish long before the annual cycle typically begins for many employees, and eighteen months would let more than a year pass without updating training, which isn’t compliant with an annual requirement. So the first-year deadline is within 12 months of hire, and then annual trainings follow every year thereafter.