Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it'll reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time staff who have to journey to a different state for health care providers, including abortions.

The apparel company finest known for its denims is the newest U.S. company to supply the benefit as numerous states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court appears to be like set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, according to a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. read extra

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"Given what's at stake, enterprise leaders have to make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our staff. Meaning protecting reproductive rights," the company stated in an announcement.

Different firms have pledged to supply related help to their U.S. employees who have to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion companies.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, on Monday informed workers it will pay up to $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, amongst them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced assessment platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it is going to begin in Might to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who must journey to another state for abortion providers. read extra

One of many leading Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, said it will reimburse travel expenses related to receiving women's reproductive well being companies that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the primary major U.S. bank to make the same dedication. learn extra

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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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