Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it would reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time employees who need to journey to another state for well being care providers, including abortions.

The apparel company greatest recognized for its jeans is the newest U.S. firm to offer the profit as varied states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom looks 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 is at stake, business leaders need to make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our employees. That means protecting reproductive rights," the company stated in an announcement.

Different corporations have pledged to offer similar help to their U.S. employees who need to 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. personal employer, on Monday instructed workers it's going to pay up to $4,000 in travel bills yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, amongst them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it will begin in Might to cowl expenses for its employees and their dependents who have to travel to another state for abortion services. learn more

One of many main Hollywood talent companies, UTA, said it will reimburse travel bills associated to receiving ladies's reproductive well being providers that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to assist the best to choose that has been a bedrock of settled law for almost half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief government, wrote in a staff memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) became in March the primary main U.S. bank to make the same commitment. read more

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

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