Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it's going to reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time staff who need to travel to a different state for well being care services, including abortions.

The attire firm best recognized for its jeans is the most recent U.S. firm to offer the benefit as numerous states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court appears to be like set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, in accordance with a leaked initial draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. read more

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders need to make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our workers. Which means defending reproductive rights," the corporate mentioned in an announcement.

Different firms have pledged to offer comparable support to their U.S. employees who must travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion companies.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, on Monday told employees it'll pay up to $4,000 in journey expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, among them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced evaluate platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it should begin in Might to cover expenses for its employees and their dependents who must travel to another state for abortion companies. learn more

One of many main Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, said it could 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 precise 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) turned in March the first major U.S. bank to make a similar dedication. read extra

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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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