Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it will reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time staff who must journey to another state for health care services, including abortions.

The attire company best identified for its denims is the latest U.S. company to offer the profit as various 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 accordance with a leaked initial draft majority opinion revealed by Politico on Monday. read more

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders have to make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our employees. Meaning protecting reproductive rights," the corporate said in a statement.

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

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

Crowd-sourced evaluate platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it would begin in May to cowl bills for its workers and their dependents who have to travel to a different state for abortion companies. learn extra

One of the leading Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, said it will reimburse journey bills associated to receiving women's reproductive well being services that aren't accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the primary main U.S. financial institution to make an analogous commitment. read 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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