Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for workers

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it is going to reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time employees who need to travel to another state for health care services, including abortions.

The apparel company best recognized for its denims is the newest U.S. company to supply the benefit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, in response to a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn more

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

Other companies have pledged to offer similar 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 instructed employees it can pay as much as $4,000 in travel bills yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. learn extra

Crowd-sourced assessment platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it'll start in Might to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who must journey to a different state for abortion providers. learn more

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

"We’re doing this to assist the proper to choose 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) became in March the first main U.S. financial institution to make a similar dedication. learn extra

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

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