Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it should reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time workers who must travel to another state for well being care services, including abortions.

The attire company finest known for its jeans is the latest U.S. firm to supply the benefit as varied states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court appears set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade determination that legalized abortion nationwide, in response to a leaked initial draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. read more

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

Other firms have pledged to offer comparable support to their U.S. staff who have to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted access to abortion services.

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

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it'll begin in Could to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who need to journey to a different state for abortion companies. learn more

One of many leading Hollywood talent businesses, UTA, mentioned it would reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving girls's reproductive health providers that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the suitable to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled legislation for almost half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief government, wrote in a workers memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) became in March the first major U.S. financial institution to make an analogous dedication. learn extra

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

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