Providers running the national Health and Work Service (HWS) will not be incentivised to return people to work.
Cash plans have become as popular as health insurance among UK workers.
JLT Employee Benefits' (JLT EB) UK and Ireland business saw its revenues increase 18% to £172.1m for the year ending December 31 2013.
Unison has criticised the government's "obsession with absence rates" after national statistics were published showing the number of absences per year had dropped by 40% since 1993.
The vast majority of employers are intending to embrace two key Government initiatives in the battle to combat sickness absence, Jelf Employee Benefits has said.
Almost two-thirds of employees say they will be forced to make up for a deficiency in their pension with a wage, findings from Canada Life reveal.
Cigna UK HealthCare Benefits (UKHB) has enhanced its OralHealth dental plans including two new plan levels and enhanced benefits.
Paul Shires, executive director of sales and marketing at Westfield Health makes the case for more adviser engagement with the health products market.
The only way the government's new Health and Work Service (HWS) can work effectively is if "people are forced" to take part, says Jelf Employee Benefits head of benefits strategy Steve Herbert.
The number of workers without access to workplace benefits has dropped by around one million over the last 12 months, according to research.