Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

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

The apparel firm greatest known for its denims is the latest U.S. company to supply the profit as numerous states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, in accordance with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. read extra

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to protect the well being and well-being of our workers. Meaning defending reproductive rights," the corporate said in a statement.

Other firms have pledged to offer related support to their U.S. staff who need 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. non-public employer, on Monday told employees it should pay as much as $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, amongst them elective abortions. learn extra

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it is going to begin in May to cowl bills for its workers and their dependents who need to journey to another state for abortion providers. learn extra

One of the main Hollywood talent companies, UTA, said it will reimburse journey bills associated to receiving ladies's reproductive health services that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the precise 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 staff memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the primary major U.S. bank to make an analogous commitment. learn extra

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

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