Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it will reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time employees who have to travel to another state for well being care providers, including abortions.

The attire company greatest known for its denims is the newest U.S. company to supply the benefit as numerous states clamp down on entry to abortions.

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

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

Other companies have pledged to offer related support to their U.S. staff who must travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted access to abortion companies.

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

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it is going to start in Might to cowl expenses for its workers and their dependents who need to travel to another state for abortion services. read extra

One of many leading Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, mentioned it will reimburse journey expenses related to receiving girls's reproductive well being services that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to assist the best to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled law for nearly half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief govt, wrote in a staff memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the first main U.S. bank to make an analogous commitment. read extra

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

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