Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it's going to reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time staff who have 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. firm to supply the benefit as numerous states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court docket looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade determination that legalized abortion nationwide, in accordance with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion revealed by Politico on Monday. learn more

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

Different firms have pledged to supply comparable help to their U.S. workers who need to journey 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 is going to pay up to $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, amongst them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced assessment platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it's going to start in Might to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who need to journey to another state for abortion services. learn more

One of the leading Hollywood talent businesses, UTA, stated it might reimburse journey bills associated to receiving women's reproductive health companies that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) became in March the first main U.S. bank to make an analogous commitment. learn extra

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Reporting by Doyinsola Oladipo; Dawn Chmielewski in Los Angeles; Modifying by Anna Driver, Alexandra Hudson, Kirsten Donovan

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