Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it can reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time workers who must travel to a different state for health care companies, including abortions.

The attire firm best recognized for its jeans is the newest U.S. firm to supply the benefit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court seems set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade determination that legalized abortion nationwide, based on a leaked initial draft majority opinion revealed by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what's at stake, enterprise leaders have to make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our employees. Which means defending reproductive rights," the corporate stated in an announcement.

Other firms have pledged to offer related assist to their U.S. employees who must travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted entry to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday told employees it is going to pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, amongst them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it's going to begin in Could to cover bills for its staff and their dependents who need to travel to another state for abortion providers. learn extra

One of the main Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, said it would reimburse travel bills associated to receiving ladies's reproductive well being services that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the primary main U.S. financial institution to make an analogous 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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