Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it will reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time staff who need to journey to another state for well being care companies, together with abortions.

The attire company finest recognized for its denims is the most recent U.S. company to offer the benefit as numerous states clamp down on entry 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, in response to a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what's at stake, enterprise leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our workers. Which means protecting reproductive rights," the company said in a press release.

Different companies have pledged to offer similar assist to their U.S. employees who must travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted entry to abortion companies.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday instructed staff it'll pay up to $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, among them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it'll start in May to cowl bills for its workers and their dependents who must journey to another state for abortion providers. read extra

One of the leading Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, said it might reimburse travel bills associated to receiving ladies's reproductive well being companies that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the primary major U.S. bank to make an identical commitment. learn more

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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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