Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it can reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time workers who have to travel to a different state for health care providers, together with abortions.

The attire company best identified for its jeans is the most recent U.S. company to offer the profit as numerous states clamp down on entry to abortions.

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

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

Other corporations have pledged to supply similar support to their U.S. employees who have to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion providers.

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

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it would start in Could to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who have to journey to another state for abortion companies. learn more

One of many leading Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, mentioned it would reimburse travel bills associated to receiving girls's reproductive health services that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to assist the proper 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 employees memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the primary major U.S. financial institution to make a similar commitment. read more

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

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