Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it can reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time workers who need to journey to another state for health care companies, including abortions.

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

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket seems to be set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade determination that legalized abortion nationwide, based on a leaked initial draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders have to make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our workers. Meaning protecting reproductive rights," the corporate mentioned in a press release.

Different firms have pledged to offer comparable help to their U.S. staff who must journey 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 employees it's going to pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, amongst them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it is going to begin in Could to cover expenses for its staff and their dependents who have to travel to another state for abortion companies. learn extra

One of many main Hollywood talent agencies, UTA, said it could reimburse travel bills associated to receiving girls's reproductive well being services that aren't accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the primary main U.S. bank to make an identical commitment. learn more

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

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