Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it is going to reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time employees who have to journey to a different state for health care providers, including abortions.

The attire firm greatest recognized for its denims is the most recent U.S. firm to supply the benefit as various states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, in accordance with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion published 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. Which means protecting reproductive rights," the company said in an announcement.

Different firms have pledged to supply comparable support to their U.S. staff who need to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted entry to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday instructed employees it would pay up to $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it will start in Might to cover bills for its employees and their dependents who need to journey to another state for abortion providers. read more

One of the leading Hollywood talent companies, UTA, mentioned it would reimburse journey expenses associated to receiving ladies's reproductive health companies that aren't accessible in an employee's state of residence.

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

Citigroup Inc (C.N) became in March the primary major U.S. financial institution to make an identical dedication. read extra

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

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