Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it is going to reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time workers who need to travel to another state for well being care providers, together with abortions.

The apparel firm finest recognized for its jeans is the newest U.S. firm to offer the benefit as numerous states clamp down on access to abortions.

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

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"Given what's at stake, enterprise leaders need to make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our workers. Which means defending reproductive rights," the corporate stated in a statement.

Different corporations have pledged to supply similar support to their U.S. workers who have to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, on Monday informed staff it is going to pay as much as $4,000 in journey expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, amongst them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced evaluate platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it can begin in May to cover expenses for its workers and their dependents who have to travel to another state for abortion providers. read more

One of many leading Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, mentioned it would reimburse journey bills related to receiving women's reproductive health companies that aren't accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the first major U.S. bank to make an identical dedication. 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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