Over a million workers quit over lack of flexibility

More than a million UK workers - and younger workers in particular - left their jobs in the past year due to a lack of flexibility, according to new CIPD research.

- Claire McCartney, policy manager, CIPD

The findings, published in the CIPD's Flexible and Hybrid Working Practices in 2025 report, reveal a growing tension between employers and employees over hybrid working.

More than half of UK workers (53 per cent) say they feel pressure to spend more time in the workplace, while 14 per cent of employers plan to introduce or increase mandatory in-office days.

Currently, just over half of organisations (51 per cent) require employees to be onsite a minimum number of days per week - typically three - while an additional 14 per cent enforce a set number of office days per month.