I agree with Mark's post. To add to it a bit (OK, a lot), it has been my belief that homes with conventional water softeners should have 2 separate waste water drains; one for sewage and the other for grey water, which "could" go directly onto the lawn, or could go to a grey water drainage pit. That way you have less problems all around. However, that is the more expensive option as well.
According to the OP, there is one more thing I would want to do. Given that salty brine has been drained into the basement for that many years, I would try to find an inspector that specializes in testing the quality of your concrete floor. It's "possible" that salt may have weakened the floor a bit -- not a problem if it's just resting on earth/gravel and no open spaces, but could possibly present a problem if covering a non-reinforced area. It helps that your water table has not historically backflowed into the basement, but that doesn't mean the water table didn't get close enough for salt solution to come into contact with the concrete.
Lots to think about, but the choice is ultimately yours. Depending on the amount of headroom in the basement and whether or not it's even used for anything else, it might even be less costly to simply do what work needs to be done down there, then have another 3" or 4" of concrete poured over the original floor.
As for a pump that can get the brine up and out of the basement, another possibility would be to use a venturi to move the brine. Would add some amount to the water bill, but for this you could even use from a rain water catchment, if you wanted. If there is any way to move the softener to a higher position, that would make ejecting the brine solution all the easier.
Lastly, there's another type of softener system I heard about years ago but have NO experience with. Rather than using large amounts of salt, it uses smaller amounts of peroxide. Mixing the peroxide with water would render any ejection water safe for pumps, concrete, yard & plants, etc. It would simply be grey water.
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