Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for workers

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it is going to reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time employees who need to journey to another state for well being care companies, together with abortions.

The apparel company best recognized for its jeans is the latest U.S. firm 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, in accordance with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. read extra

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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. That means defending reproductive rights," the company mentioned in a press release.

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

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

Crowd-sourced evaluate platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it'll begin in Could to cover expenses for its workers and their dependents who need to journey to another state for abortion services. read extra

One of many leading Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, mentioned it might reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving women's reproductive health services that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to assist the best 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) grew to become in March the first major U.S. financial institution to make an analogous dedication. read more

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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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