Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it would reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time staff who must journey to another state for well being care companies, together with abortions.

The apparel company best recognized for its jeans is the latest U.S. firm to supply the benefit as varied 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 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, in accordance with a leaked initial draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. read more

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders have to make their voices heard and act to protect the well being and well-being of our staff. Meaning protecting reproductive rights," the company mentioned in a press release.

Different companies have pledged to supply similar support to their U.S. workers who have to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted access to abortion services.

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

Crowd-sourced evaluate platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it is going to begin in May to cover bills for its workers and their dependents who need to travel to another state for abortion providers. read more

One of many leading Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, said it would reimburse travel bills associated to receiving women's reproductive well being services that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the primary main U.S. bank to make a similar commitment. learn extra

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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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