Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it is going to reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time staff who must travel to a different state for well being care companies, together with abortions.

The attire company greatest recognized for its jeans is the newest U.S. firm to offer the profit as varied states clamp down on access to abortions.

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

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our employees. That means protecting reproductive rights," the company stated in an announcement.

Different corporations have pledged to offer comparable help to their U.S. workers who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion services.

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

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it should start in Could to cowl bills for its employees and their dependents who need to travel to another state for abortion services. learn more

One of many main Hollywood talent companies, UTA, said it could reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving ladies's reproductive health services that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to assist the best to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled legislation 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) turned in March the first main U.S. bank to make the same commitment. learn more

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

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