Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

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

The apparel company finest known for its denims is the most recent U.S. company to supply the profit as numerous states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket appears to be like set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade determination that legalized abortion nationwide, in response to a leaked initial draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn more

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our staff. Which means protecting reproductive rights," the corporate said in a press release.

Other companies have pledged to supply comparable help to their U.S. staff who need to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. personal employer, on Monday advised staff it's going to pay up to $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, amongst them elective abortions. learn extra

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it can begin in May to cowl expenses for its workers and their dependents who must travel to a different state for abortion services. read more

One of many main Hollywood talent agencies, UTA, mentioned it would reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving women's reproductive well being providers that aren't accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the proper to choose 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 primary major U.S. financial institution to make a similar commitment. read more

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

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