Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it is going to reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time employees who must travel to a different state for well being care companies, together with abortions.

The attire firm best identified for its denims is the newest U.S. firm to supply the profit 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 accordance with a leaked initial draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what is at stake, enterprise leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our staff. Meaning protecting reproductive rights," the company said in a statement.

Different firms have pledged to offer similar support to their U.S. workers who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, on Monday instructed staff it's going to pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, amongst them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced evaluate platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it is going to begin in May to cover expenses for its workers and their dependents who have to journey to another state for abortion companies. read more

One of many leading Hollywood talent businesses, UTA, said it will reimburse journey expenses associated to receiving women's reproductive health services that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the precise to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled law 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. financial institution to make the same 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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