Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it would reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time staff who need to journey to a different state for health care services, together with abortions.

The attire company best known for its jeans is the latest U.S. company to supply the benefit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court appears set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, in keeping with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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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 workers. That means protecting reproductive rights," the company said in an announcement.

Different firms have pledged to offer similar support to their U.S. staff who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion services.

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

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

One of many main Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, said it might reimburse travel expenses related to receiving ladies's reproductive well being services that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the appropriate 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 workers memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

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

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

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