absence from work; being absent from one’s job (often due to illness or personal reasons)
今日は風邪で欠勤します。よろしくお願いします。
I'm absent from work today due to a cold. Thank you for taking care of things.
欠勤が続くと人事評価に影響することがある。
Continued absences from work can affect personnel evaluations.
予定外の欠勤があったため、会議を延期した。
Because of an unexpected absence, the meeting was postponed.