The unspoken reality of these sorts of situations is that companies like Dollar General simply can’t fix these problems and remain profitable. Many of these safety measures require staff they’d have to hire for example.

We talk about this as if it’s just some safety measures that need to be fulfilled, but what we have to understand is that the business model of exploitation to this degree is unsustainable in a world where safety measures are enforced.

They likely know this, and may do some performative response in the hopes of avoiding the fine, but $12 million is a rounding error compared to the cost of doing this properly.

TL;DR: nothing will change.