Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it will reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time employees who must journey to another state for health care services, together with abortions.

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

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket appears to be like set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, in line with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. learn more

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

Different companies have pledged to offer related assist to their U.S. workers who need to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion services.

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

Crowd-sourced assessment platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it's going to begin in May to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who must journey to a different state for abortion services. read extra

One of many leading Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, stated it might reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving girls's reproductive health providers that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the first main U.S. financial institution to make the same dedication. learn more

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

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