Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it can reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time workers who need to journey to a different state for health care providers, together with abortions.

The attire firm greatest recognized for its denims is the latest U.S. firm to supply the benefit as numerous states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom appears set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, in keeping with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn more

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

Different corporations have pledged to supply similar support to their U.S. workers 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. personal employer, on Monday advised workers it will pay as much as $4,000 in journey expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it would begin in May to cowl bills for its staff and their dependents who must travel to a different state for abortion services. learn extra

One of many main Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, stated it could reimburse journey expenses related to receiving women's reproductive health companies that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the appropriate to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled legislation for nearly half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief government, wrote in a employees 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 commitment. learn more

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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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