Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it should reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time staff who have to travel to a different state for well being care services, including abortions.

The attire firm greatest identified for its jeans is the newest U.S. firm to supply the profit as numerous states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, based on a leaked initial draft majority opinion revealed 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 health and well-being of our staff. That means protecting reproductive rights," the corporate said in a press release.

Different firms have pledged to supply related assist to their U.S. staff who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion services.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday advised staff it can pay up to $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced assessment platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it'll begin in Might to cowl bills for its employees and their dependents who must journey to another state for abortion providers. learn more

One of many leading Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, stated it could reimburse journey bills associated to receiving women's reproductive health services that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the fitting to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled regulation for nearly half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief government, wrote in a workers memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the first main U.S. financial institution to make an analogous dedication. read more

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

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