Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co stated on Wednesday it's going to reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time workers who need to journey to a different state for health care services, together with abortions.

The apparel company greatest recognized for its jeans is the newest U.S. firm to supply the benefit as numerous 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 decision that legalized abortion nationwide, in line with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn extra

Register

"Given what's at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our workers. That means protecting reproductive rights," the company mentioned in a statement.

Different firms have pledged to supply related help to their U.S. staff who need to journey out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted entry to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. private employer, on Monday instructed staff it is going to pay as much as $4,000 in journey bills yearly for non-life threatening medical remedies, among them elective abortions. learn extra

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it can begin in Could to cowl expenses for its employees and their dependents who must journey to another state for abortion providers. learn more

One of many main Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, said it would reimburse journey bills 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 support the best to choose 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) became in March the primary major U.S. financial institution to make an identical commitment. read extra

Register

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

Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Belief Principles.