Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it will reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time staff who must travel to another state for well being care companies, including abortions.

The apparel firm finest identified for its denims is the most recent U.S. firm to supply the profit as varied states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom appears set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked initial draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our workers. Which means defending reproductive rights," the company mentioned in a press release.

Different corporations have pledged to offer related assist to their U.S. employees who have to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted entry to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. personal employer, on Monday instructed staff it'll pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, amongst them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced evaluate platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it'll begin in Could to cowl bills for its employees and their dependents who must journey to a different state for abortion companies. learn more

One of many main Hollywood talent businesses, UTA, stated it would reimburse journey expenses related to receiving ladies's reproductive health companies that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the proper to choose that has been a bedrock of settled legislation 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 main U.S. bank to make the same dedication. learn extra

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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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