Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

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

The attire firm best known for its denims is the latest U.S. firm to offer the benefit as varied states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket seems 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. learn more

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our staff. That means defending reproductive rights," the corporate stated in an announcement.

Different companies have pledged to offer similar help to their U.S. employees who need 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. non-public employer, on Monday advised staff it's going to pay as much as $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, amongst them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it's going to start in Might to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who have to journey to another state for abortion providers. learn more

One of the leading Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, stated it will reimburse travel bills related to receiving ladies's reproductive well being companies that aren't 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 regulation for almost 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 major U.S. bank to make a similar commitment. read 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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