Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it's going to reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time workers who need to journey to a different state for well being care companies, together with abortions.

The attire company greatest recognized for its jeans is the most recent U.S. firm to supply the profit 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 resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, based on a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. learn more

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

Other firms have pledged to supply similar support to their U.S. workers who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted entry to abortion companies.

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

Crowd-sourced assessment platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it'll start in Could to cover expenses for its workers and their dependents who need to travel to another state for abortion companies. learn more

One of the leading Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, mentioned it would reimburse travel bills related to receiving women's reproductive well being providers that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) became in March the first major U.S. bank to make an analogous dedication. learn extra

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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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