Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

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

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

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket appears to be like set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, in accordance with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our employees. Meaning defending reproductive rights," the corporate mentioned in a press release.

Different corporations have pledged to supply comparable help to their U.S. staff who need to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted access to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday instructed employees it is going to pay as much as $4,000 in travel bills yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, amongst them elective abortions. learn extra

Crowd-sourced assessment platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it is going to start in May to cowl bills for its employees and their dependents who need to travel to a different state for abortion providers. learn more

One of the leading Hollywood talent agencies, UTA, said it would reimburse travel expenses related to receiving women's reproductive health companies that aren't accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the primary major U.S. bank 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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