Yes I think we can use 'wag' for not going to work as well.

Did you wag work yesterday?

He wagged work and went to a movie on Friday.

Creative workers sometimes need a break 5555

There's another slang for this term

'play hookey'

Tessie decided to play hookey from work and go shopping.

Well -- don't wag and just go back home -- do something more exciting next time!