The Employer would not see as much benefit as you'd think as presumably he would be amongst the class of people/entities (including the middle class, upper class, and corporation) which would be paying for this indirectly in the form of taxes.
Alternatively, if Basic income is debt finance (and not financed directly through taxes), incurring more debt also has inflationary effects.
Inflation only occurs with increased supply of new money into the system so whether or not there is inflation depends entirely where the money to pay for BI comes from.
You may well be right about employers. Basic income isn't going to wish away all the problems of the poor. The main benefits are likely to be a simpler, fairer and more efficient benefits system and more opportunities for employment.
As for whether employers will benefit, recognize that demand will also increase when those who were formerly impoverished begin consuming things. It is direct and distributed economic stimulus.