Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

Could 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it would reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time workers who have to travel to another state for well being care services, including abortions.

The attire company greatest identified for its denims is the newest U.S. company to supply the profit as various states clamp down on entry to abortions.

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

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

Other corporations have pledged to offer similar support to their U.S. workers who need 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. personal employer, on Monday advised workers it will pay as much as $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, amongst them elective abortions. learn more

Crowd-sourced evaluation platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it would begin in Could to cowl expenses for its employees and their dependents who have to journey to a different state for abortion providers. read more

One of many leading Hollywood talent agencies, UTA, stated it would reimburse journey expenses associated to receiving girls's reproductive health providers that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the proper to choose 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 first major U.S. bank to make a similar dedication. read more

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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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