Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it'll reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time workers who need to travel to another state for well being care providers, including abortions.

The attire company finest identified for its denims is the most recent U.S. company to offer the benefit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.

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

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders need to make their voices heard and act to protect the well being and well-being of our workers. Meaning defending reproductive rights," the company mentioned in a statement.

Different firms have pledged to offer related support to their U.S. workers who must journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion providers.

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

Crowd-sourced assessment platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it can begin in Might to cover bills for its workers and their dependents who need to travel to a different state for abortion providers. learn extra

One of many main Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, said it would reimburse journey expenses associated to receiving ladies's reproductive well being companies that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the correct to choose 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 main U.S. bank to make an identical dedication. read extra

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Reporting by Doyinsola Oladipo; Daybreak Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Enhancing by Anna Driver, Alexandra Hudson, Kirsten Donovan

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