Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for employees

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

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

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

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"Given what's at stake, enterprise leaders need to make their voices heard and act to protect the well being and well-being of our workers. Meaning protecting reproductive rights," the company stated in a press release.

Different companies have pledged to supply comparable assist to their U.S. employees who need 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. non-public employer, on Monday informed staff it is going to pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, amongst them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it would start in May to cowl bills for its workers and their dependents who need to travel to another state for abortion services. read extra

One of the main Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, said it could reimburse journey expenses related to receiving ladies's reproductive health companies that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the suitable to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled law for nearly half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief government, wrote in a workers memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) became in March the first main U.S. financial institution to make a similar dedication. read more

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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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