Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it's going to reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time workers who need to journey to a different state for well being care providers, together with abortions.

The attire company best identified for its jeans is the latest U.S. firm to supply the benefit as varied states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, in response to a leaked initial draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. read more

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to protect the well being and well-being of our workers. That means protecting reproductive rights," the corporate stated in a statement.

Other corporations have pledged to supply related assist to their U.S. employees who need to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted access to abortion services.

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

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it can begin in Could to cowl bills for its workers and their dependents who have to journey to another state for abortion services. learn extra

One of the leading Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, said it would reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving ladies's reproductive health companies that are not 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 govt, 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. bank to make an identical commitment. learn more

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

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