Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it should reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time staff who must travel to another state for well being care services, together with abortions.

The apparel firm best identified for its jeans is the most recent U.S. firm to supply the profit as numerous states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket seems set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade determination that legalized abortion nationwide, in accordance with a leaked initial draft majority opinion revealed by Politico on Monday. learn more

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"Given what is at stake, enterprise leaders need to make their voices heard and act to protect the well being and well-being of our employees. Which means protecting reproductive rights," the corporate said in a press release.

Different companies have pledged to supply related assist to their U.S. workers who need to journey 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 told workers it is going to pay up to $4,000 in travel bills yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, amongst them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it can begin in Could to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who need to travel to a different state for abortion services. read more

One of the main Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, mentioned it might reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving ladies's reproductive well being companies that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

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

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

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