John Campbellbbc News Ni Editor de negócios e economia O aumento do seguro vernáculo do empregador (NI) aumenta o risco de as empresas recorrer a fazer pagamentos de moeda fora dos livros para os funcionários, um estudo para o departamento de Stormont. people.The study by Ulster University academics, which included consultation with business groups, said this risks encouraging the “informal economy”.Getty ImagesIt is now more expensive for businesses to employ staff”There is an increased risk that businesses could return to operating on a cash-in-hand basis only,” the analysis from the university’s Economic Policy Centre (EPC) said..It added that it is “important to note this point was only expressed in a small minority of consultations”.The major conclusion from the EPC is that the rise in employer’s NI will have a greater impact in Northern Ireland compared to any other UK region.This is because Northern Ireland is a region where pay is relatively low and the greatest proportional impact of the NI increase is on employers of lower paid staff.The study found that Northern Ireland employers had been prepared for a rise in the National Living Wage (adult minimum wage) but the rise in NI had been unexpected and therefore more difficult to manage.It said: “Overall employers were accepting of the NLW increase, perhaps higher than most would have liked but that is the typical response from employers most years.”This acceptance reflects the knowledge that the government increases the NLW rate annually and also because salaries are being driven higher by labour market forces in any case.”Finance Minister John O’Dowd said the study “reaffirms that decisions in Westminster are having a detrimental impact on our business community and voluntary sectors as muito porquê impactar em nossas finanças públicas “. O governo defendeu anteriormente o aumento da NI dizendo que tinha que recepcionar moeda suplementar para prometer a firmeza das finanças públicas e abordar o detido do NHS.