Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it can reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time employees who have to travel to a different state for well being care providers, together with abortions.

The attire company finest recognized for its denims is the newest U.S. firm to offer the benefit as numerous states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court seems to be set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, in response to a leaked initial draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn more

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to protect the well being and well-being of our employees. That means protecting reproductive rights," the company mentioned in a press release.

Other corporations have pledged to offer related help to their U.S. workers who must travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. personal employer, on Monday told employees it'll pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, among them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it's going to start in May to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who have to travel to another state for abortion companies. learn extra

One of the main Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, mentioned it could reimburse travel expenses related to receiving ladies's reproductive well being services that aren't accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the first major U.S. bank to make a similar commitment. learn 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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