To provide flexibility CTO can be used for vacation, personal illness, doctor's appointments, and other personal reasons, including care of immediate family who are seriously ill and require care at home, or for children's doctors' appointments which cannot be scheduled outside of working hours.

A sick leave reserve (SLR) is established for each staff or administrative employee. New hires receive a one-time allotment of 5 days in SLR. Employees can transfer additional time from their Combined Time Off (CTO) into their SLR at any point during the year.

The University observes these scheduled holidays.