Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it should reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time workers who must journey to another state for health care services, together with abortions.

The attire firm finest known for its jeans is the newest U.S. company to supply the benefit as numerous 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 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, based on a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion revealed by Politico on Monday. learn more

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders need to make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our employees. Meaning defending reproductive rights," the company stated in an announcement.

Different companies have pledged to offer related assist to their U.S. staff who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion services.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. personal employer, on Monday instructed employees it is going to pay as much as $4,000 in travel bills yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, amongst them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it is going to begin in Might to cowl bills for its employees and their dependents who need to travel to a different state for abortion services. read extra

One of many leading Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, stated it might reimburse travel bills associated to receiving women's reproductive health services that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the primary major U.S. financial institution to make an analogous dedication. learn extra

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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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