A female investigator enters the 'Absentee King' who has been absent from work for 15 years and earned a wage of 70 million yen.

An Italian man who had been absent without notice for 15 years was arrested. Italian media calls men ' absent kings .'

No-show worker got pay for over 15 years --English --ANSA.it

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/21/italian-king-of-absentees-allegedly-skipped-work-for-15-years

The person arrested this time was 67-year-old Salvatore Scumace, who worked at a public hospital in Catanzaro, Italy. Scumace has been absent from the hospital since 2005, but has been paid a total of 538,000 euros (about 70 million yen) in 15 years. Six managers have also been investigated for allowing Scumace to be absent for 15 years without notice.

According to an Italian police investigation, Scumace threatened his boss at the time in 2005 to escape disciplinary action due to absenteeism. After that, Scumace continued to be absent without notice as his boss retired without reporting to the Human Resources Department, Italian police reported.

According to the news media The Guardian , in Italy, in addition to Mr. Scumace who was arrested this time, there are many long-term absenteeism and falsification of working hours by civil servants. A study conducted in 2016, Italy- Sanremo among the civil servants working in the city hall of, one or more of 3 minutes tampered with the working time, it had been lazy to work become clear you.