Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

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

The attire company finest known for its denims is the newest U.S. company to supply the profit as various states clamp down on entry to abortions.

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

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"Given what is at stake, enterprise leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our staff. That means protecting reproductive rights," the company said in an announcement.

Other corporations have pledged to offer comparable assist to their U.S. workers who have to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion companies.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. personal employer, on Monday instructed employees it would pay as much as $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, amongst them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it should begin in Could to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who must journey to a different state for abortion companies. learn extra

One of many leading Hollywood talent agencies, UTA, said it would reimburse journey expenses associated to receiving women's reproductive well being services that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the first major U.S. bank to make an identical commitment. read more

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

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