Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it would reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time employees who have to travel to a different state for health care companies, together with abortions.

The apparel company finest identified for its jeans is the latest U.S. firm to supply the profit as varied states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom seems set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, in keeping with 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 health and well-being of our employees. That means protecting reproductive rights," the corporate said in an announcement.

Other firms have pledged to offer comparable support to their U.S. workers who have to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion providers.

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

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it's going to begin in Could to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who must journey to a different state for abortion providers. read more

One of the leading Hollywood talent companies, UTA, stated it could reimburse journey expenses related to receiving ladies's reproductive health companies that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

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

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

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