Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it is going to reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time staff who have to journey to a different state for well being care services, including abortions.

The attire firm best recognized for its denims is the most recent U.S. firm to offer the benefit as varied states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket seems set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, in response to a leaked initial draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. read extra

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

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

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, on Monday told workers it should pay up to $4,000 in travel bills yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, among them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it's going to start in Might to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who need to journey to another state for abortion providers. read more

One of many main Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, said it could reimburse travel bills associated to receiving women's reproductive health companies that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the best to choose that has been a bedrock of settled law for almost 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 first major U.S. financial institution to make an identical commitment. learn more

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

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