Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it'll reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time workers who need to travel to another state for health care services, together with abortions.

The apparel company best known for its denims is the most recent U.S. company to offer the profit as numerous states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court seems to be set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, in response to a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. read more

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to protect the well being and well-being of our workers. That means protecting reproductive rights," the corporate mentioned in a statement.

Different firms have pledged to offer related assist to their U.S. employees who have to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion companies.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. personal employer, on Monday informed workers it's going to pay as much as $4,000 in travel bills yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, among them elective abortions. read more

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

One of many leading Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, stated it might reimburse journey bills associated to receiving women's reproductive well being services that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) became in March the first main U.S. bank to make an identical commitment. read more

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

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