Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it can reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time staff who have to travel to a different state for well being care companies, including abortions.

The attire company greatest known for its denims is the latest U.S. company to offer the benefit as numerous states clamp down on access to abortions.

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

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders need to make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our staff. That means protecting reproductive rights," the corporate stated in a statement.

Different firms have pledged to supply similar help to their U.S. workers who need 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 employees it can pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, amongst them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it's going to start in Might to cover expenses for its employees and their dependents who need to travel to another state for abortion providers. learn extra

One of the leading Hollywood talent companies, UTA, stated it would reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving girls's reproductive well being providers that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) became in March the first main U.S. bank to make an analogous dedication. 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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