Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for workers

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

The apparel firm greatest identified for its denims is the latest U.S. company to supply the profit as varied 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 resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, in line with a leaked initial draft majority opinion revealed by Politico on Monday. read more

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"Given what is at stake, enterprise leaders must make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our employees. That means protecting reproductive rights," the company said in a press release.

Different corporations have pledged to offer related support to their U.S. staff who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion providers.

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

Crowd-sourced assessment platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it's going to begin in Might to cowl bills for its staff and their dependents who have to travel to another state for abortion services. read more

One of many leading Hollywood talent agencies, UTA, stated it could reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving ladies's reproductive health companies that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the first major U.S. financial institution to make an analogous commitment. read 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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