Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

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

The attire company finest known for its jeans is the most recent U.S. firm to offer the profit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom seems to be set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, based on a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion published 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 guard the health and well-being of our staff. Which means defending reproductive rights," the company stated in an announcement.

Different corporations have pledged to offer related assist to their U.S. workers who need to 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 advised workers it would pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, among them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it will start in Could to cowl expenses for its employees and their dependents who need to travel to a different state for abortion providers. learn more

One of many main Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, mentioned it could reimburse journey bills related to receiving girls's reproductive health providers that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) became in March the primary major U.S. bank to make an identical 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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