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If it is a student, we can say he plays truant. If it is a worker, how should we say if he doesn't come to the office and has not asked for a leave?

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He is absent from work without (prior) approval
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Sometimes the slang term "I played hookey from work today" is used. (Playing hookey is also used to describe a truant student.)
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