Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it'll reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time staff who need to travel to another state for health care providers, together with abortions.

The attire company greatest recognized for its denims is the most recent U.S. firm to offer the profit as varied states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion revealed 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 well being and well-being of our staff. Meaning protecting reproductive rights," the company stated in a press release.

Other corporations have pledged to supply related help to their U.S. workers who must journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion services.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday advised workers it will pay up to $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, among them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it will begin in Could to cowl bills for its staff and their dependents who must journey to another state for abortion companies. learn extra

One of the main Hollywood talent businesses, UTA, said it will reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving ladies's reproductive well being companies that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the best to choose that has been a bedrock of settled regulation for almost half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief government, wrote in a workers memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the primary main U.S. financial institution to make an identical dedication. read more

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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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