Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for employees

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

The apparel firm best identified for its denims is the latest U.S. company to supply the profit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade determination that legalized abortion nationwide, in accordance with a leaked initial draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. read extra

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders need to make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our employees. Which means protecting reproductive rights," the corporate said in a statement.

Different companies have pledged to offer related help to their U.S. employees who have to 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. private employer, on Monday advised employees it would pay up to $4,000 in travel bills yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, amongst them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced assessment platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it is going to start in Could to cowl expenses for its staff and their dependents who need to journey to another state for abortion services. read more

One of many leading Hollywood talent agencies, UTA, mentioned it might reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving girls's reproductive health companies that aren't accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the appropriate 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) became in March the primary main U.S. financial institution to make an analogous dedication. learn more

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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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