Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for employees

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it's going to reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time staff who have to travel to another state for well being care companies, together with abortions.

The apparel company greatest identified for its jeans is the latest U.S. company to offer the benefit as varied states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket seems set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, in keeping with a leaked initial draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. read extra

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"Given what's at stake, enterprise leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our workers. Which means defending reproductive rights," the corporate said in an announcement.

Other companies have pledged to offer similar assist to their U.S. workers who must 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 told employees it'll pay as much as $4,000 in journey expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, among them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it will begin in Could to cowl bills for its workers and their dependents who need to travel to another state for abortion providers. read extra

One of many leading Hollywood talent companies, UTA, stated it could reimburse journey bills related to receiving girls's reproductive well being companies that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) became in March the first major U.S. financial institution to make the same commitment. 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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