absentee
/ˌæbsənˈtiː/ noun [C]Definition
› HR someone who is not at work or at the place where they are supposed to be: There are lots of absentees at the moment because of illness. The CEO was a notable absentee from the meeting.
(Definition of absentee noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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