Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for employees

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it would reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time workers who need to journey to a different state for well being care providers, together with abortions.

The attire company greatest recognized for its denims is the most recent U.S. company to offer the benefit as various 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. learn more

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

Different corporations have pledged to supply similar help to their U.S. employees who must journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion services.

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

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it should begin in May to cowl expenses for its employees and their dependents who have to travel to a different state for abortion services. learn more

One of many main Hollywood expertise businesses, UTA, mentioned it will reimburse journey expenses related to receiving girls's reproductive health providers that aren't accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the proper to choose that has been a bedrock of settled law for almost 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 main U.S. financial institution to make an identical commitment. learn 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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