I have been at this job for under a year. There is some very obvious duplication of work responsibility between my colleague and me. The colleague has started to stay away from work a lot.
I am happy to pass on this work to the colleague and move on to interesting projects. I have brought up this duplication with my manager, but he is a bit of a fence-sitter.
Should I be more direct with him? Is there a chance he wants me to actually take up other responsibilities, anticipating that I would be bored with what I am doing? What is the best approach to take here?