Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it would reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time staff who have to travel to a different state for health care companies, including abortions.

The attire company finest identified for its jeans is the latest U.S. company to supply the benefit as various 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 choice that legalized abortion nationwide, in line with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. learn more

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our employees. That means protecting reproductive rights," the corporate said in an announcement.

Other corporations 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 providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, on Monday informed staff it's going to pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, among them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it'll start in Could to cover bills for its staff and their dependents who must journey to a different state for abortion services. learn extra

One of many main Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, said it could reimburse journey expenses related 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 suitable to choose that has been a bedrock of settled regulation for nearly half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief govt, wrote in a employees memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become 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; Enhancing by Anna Driver, Alexandra Hudson, Kirsten Donovan

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