Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it's going to reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time staff who have to travel to a different state for well being care companies, together with abortions.

The apparel firm best identified for its denims is the latest U.S. firm to supply the benefit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.

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

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our staff. That means defending reproductive rights," the company stated in a press release.

Other companies have pledged to offer comparable help to their U.S. employees who need to 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 staff it is going to pay as much as $4,000 in journey expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, among them elective abortions. learn extra

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it should begin in May to cowl expenses for its workers and their dependents who must travel to a different state for abortion providers. learn more

One of many leading Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, stated it will reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving women's reproductive health services that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the proper to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled regulation for nearly half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief government, wrote in a workers 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 the same 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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