Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it's going to reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time staff who must travel to a different state for health care providers, including abortions.

The apparel firm finest known for its denims is the newest U.S. firm to offer the profit as varied states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court appears to be like set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, in response to a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. read extra

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our workers. Which means defending reproductive rights," the company stated in a statement.

Different companies have pledged to supply similar support to their U.S. employees who have to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted entry to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, on Monday instructed workers it is going to pay as much as $4,000 in journey expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, amongst them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it can start in Might to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who have to journey to a different state for abortion services. learn extra

One of the main Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, mentioned it could reimburse journey expenses associated to receiving women's reproductive health companies that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the best to choose that has been a bedrock of settled regulation for almost half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief govt, wrote in a employees memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) became in March the primary major U.S. financial institution to make the same commitment. learn more

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

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