Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it can reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time workers who need to journey to a different state for well being care services, together with abortions.

The apparel firm greatest identified for its jeans is the latest U.S. company to supply the benefit as varied states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom seems to be set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, in keeping with a leaked initial draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. learn more

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our employees. Which means defending reproductive rights," the corporate mentioned in a press release.

Other firms 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 entry to abortion companies.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, on Monday told workers it can pay up to $4,000 in travel bills yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, amongst them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced assessment platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it will start in May to cowl expenses for its staff and their dependents who have to journey to a different state for abortion services. read more

One of many main Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, mentioned it could reimburse journey expenses associated to receiving girls's reproductive health companies that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help 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 major U.S. financial institution to make an analogous commitment. read more

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

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