Colossal Order is in Finland and Paradox Interactive is in Sweden, both of which have strong employment laws.

What won't happen?

As long as the government doesn't ban employing people for 12 hours and more straight for weeks, and actually enforces that ban, there will always be enough employers doing so, and enough people willing to go through with it "for the credits".

Especially in am industry that sees depressed wages because it's the dream job for many.

I'm still not sure what from my original statement won't happen.