Dollar General has paid a fraction of the $21 million it owes in fines for hazardous working conditions
of safety requirements, a designation that the government uses for employers that are"committing willful, repeated, or failure-to-abate violations."OSHA has the power to file criminal charges against companies that refuse to pay fines, Lee Marchessault, president of consulting firm Workplace Safety Solution, told Retail Dive. Dollar General's net income for the 2022 fiscal year was about $2.3 billion.
over the last few years. That's left a single employee on shift for hours at a time at many stores. In those cases, workers often default to working the checkout and helping customers, leaving inventory unpacked and sitting it the aisles. Dollar General is one of the fastest-growing retailers in the US and is about to open its 20,000th store. The chain has often benefited financially during times when consumers are looking for value, such as the latest streak of inflation. But in itsthe company said that inflation and more cautious consumers were actually hurting its sales of discretionary purchases, a category that includes toys and home decor.
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