Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it will reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time staff who need to travel to a different state for well being care providers, together with abortions.

The attire company best identified for its jeans is the latest U.S. firm to supply the profit as numerous states clamp down on access to abortions.

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

Register

"Given what's at stake, business leaders need to make their voices heard and act to protect the well being and well-being of our employees. Which means protecting reproductive rights," the company stated in an announcement.

Other companies have pledged to offer similar help to their U.S. staff who have to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted access to abortion companies.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, on Monday advised staff it can pay as much as $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, amongst them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it would start in Could to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who must travel to a different state for abortion providers. read more

One of the leading Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, stated it might reimburse journey expenses associated to receiving women's reproductive well being services that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the best to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled law 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) turned in March the first main U.S. bank to make an analogous dedication. learn more

Register

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

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Rules.