Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it should reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time workers who have to journey to another state for well being care companies, together with abortions.

The attire firm best known for its denims is the newest U.S. firm to offer the profit as various states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom looks set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, in accordance with a leaked initial 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 protect the well being and well-being of our staff. Which means protecting reproductive rights," the corporate mentioned in an announcement.

Other firms have pledged to supply related support to their U.S. staff who need to 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. personal employer, on Monday told workers it should pay as much as $4,000 in journey expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, among them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it will begin in Could to cover bills for its workers and their dependents who must travel to another state for abortion companies. read extra

One of many leading Hollywood talent companies, UTA, stated it could reimburse journey bills related to receiving women's reproductive health providers that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the proper to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled law for almost 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 analogous dedication. read extra

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

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