Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it would reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time workers who have to travel to a different state for health care companies, including abortions.

The apparel company best known for its jeans is the latest U.S. firm to supply the benefit as various states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court appears set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade determination that legalized abortion nationwide, in line with a leaked initial draft majority opinion published 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. Meaning protecting reproductive rights," the company mentioned in an announcement.

Different corporations have pledged to supply related help to their U.S. employees who must journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted entry to abortion services.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday instructed workers it should pay as much as $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, among them elective abortions. learn extra

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it should begin in Could to cowl expenses for its employees and their dependents who need to travel to another state for abortion services. read more

One of many main Hollywood talent companies, UTA, said it could reimburse journey expenses associated to receiving women's reproductive well being services that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) became in March the first major U.S. bank to make a similar dedication. learn more

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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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