AAA's Policy for Company-Supported Initiatives

Why Volunteer?

We believe our commitment to volunteerism is an integral part of what makes us a good corporate citizen, a great place to work and a company others want to do business with, including members, prospective members and other clubs in the AAA Federation.

24 Hours Paid Time Off Work for Volunteering

In most cases, AAA employees take part in their personal volunteer activities outside of their normal working hours, on evenings or weekends. However, for certain AAA-supported or approved events where it is necessary that the volunteering take place during the employee's regular working hours, managers may, at their discretion, allow a limited amount of time off from work with pay for volunteer activities that are:

     1.  Company-supported, meaning that the volunteer event is listed on the AAA Volunteers web page (e.g., traffic safety rodeos, child car seat inspections, food and toy drives, blood drives, Junior Achievement, Heart Walk, Habitat for Humanity; and special team-building activities like cleaning up a park, serving meals at a shelter, or painting a community center), or
     2.  Approved in advance by AAA's community affairs manager.

Employees must also:

Have worked for AAA for at least 90 days

Work for AAA full-time (40 hours a week)

Have a positive PTO balance; Not be on a leave of absence

Incur no overtime due to volunteer activities.

Between working hours and volunteering hours, volunteers will not be asked to spend more than a total 8 hours of time on a work day. Any time beyond 8 hours per day on a work day or on a weekend will be strictly voluntary and will be unpaid.

Volunteers who satisfy these requirements will be permitted paid time off, up to a total of 24 hours per calendar year.

Requests for time off work to perform volunteer services that do not meet the criteria of being company supported or pre-approved by AAA's community affairs manager should be treated as any other request for personal time off. If you have questions or need further information about this guideline, Please contact Roger Hancock, community affairs manager, at (925) 279-4826 or roger.hancock@goAAA.com.

Major Disasters

In the event of a major disaster, such as 9/11 or Hurricane Katrina, additional paid volunteer time is available (beyond AAA supported events of 24 hours). To be eligible for the additional paid time off the following guidelines apply:

The eligibility criteria established in the current AAA Volunteer Policy must be met as noted above. If you become an American Red Cross disaster trained volunteer (one 9-hour course) and you are deployed by the Red Cross, you are eligible for up to a maximum of 40 hours (5 days) of paid time off with the advance approval of your manager.If you are an existing certified disaster trained technician with a recognized civil service disaster response organization, such as the American Red Cross, you are eligible for up to a maximum of 80 hours (10 days) of paid time off with the advance approval of your manager. Please let your manager know in advance if you have this technical training.

Only employees' volunteer activities that meet the above criteria and have manager approval will be paid. In the event that multiple major disasters occur in a one year period, paid volunteer time will be reviewed by Community Affairs and approved at the manager's discretion.