Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for workers

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

The attire firm best recognized for its denims is the newest U.S. firm to offer the benefit as numerous states clamp down on access to abortions.

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

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"Given what's at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to protect the health and well-being of our workers. Which means protecting reproductive rights," the company said in an announcement.

Different corporations have pledged to offer comparable support to their U.S. workers who must travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted access to abortion services.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, on Monday advised workers it'll pay as much as $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, among them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it will start in May to cowl expenses for its employees and their dependents who need to travel to another state for abortion companies. learn more

One of the main Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, said it will reimburse journey expenses associated to receiving ladies's reproductive well being services that aren't accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the correct to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled legislation 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) grew to become in March the first main U.S. financial institution to make an analogous dedication. read 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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