Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it's going to reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time employees who must journey to a different state for well being care companies, including abortions.

The attire firm best known for its denims is the most recent U.S. firm to supply the benefit as numerous states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket appears set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, in accordance with a leaked initial draft majority opinion revealed by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what's at stake, enterprise leaders need to make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our workers. That means protecting reproductive rights," the corporate stated in a press release.

Other companies have pledged to supply related support to their U.S. workers who have to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion companies.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday told staff it would pay as much as $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, amongst them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it is going to begin in Might to cover expenses for its workers and their dependents who need to travel to another state for abortion providers. learn more

One of the main Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, said it will reimburse journey bills associated to receiving ladies's reproductive well being services that aren't accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the correct to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled regulation for almost half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief executive, wrote in a workers memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the first main U.S. financial institution to make an identical dedication. read more

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Reporting by Doyinsola Oladipo; Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Modifying by Anna Driver, Alexandra Hudson, Kirsten Donovan

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