Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for workers

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it is going to reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time workers who must travel to another state for well being care services, together with abortions.

The apparel firm greatest recognized for its jeans is the most recent U.S. company to offer the profit as numerous states clamp down on access to abortions.

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

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders have to make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our workers. That means defending reproductive rights," the company mentioned in a statement.

Different companies have pledged to supply related help to their U.S. staff who must travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion services.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, on Monday told workers it is going to pay as much as $4,000 in travel bills yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, amongst them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it'll start in Might to cowl expenses for its employees and their dependents who have to journey to a different state for abortion companies. learn more

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

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the first main U.S. bank to make the same commitment. read 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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