Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co mentioned on Wednesday it's going to reimburse journey bills for its full- and part-time staff who have to journey to another state for health care companies, including abortions.

The apparel company best known for its jeans is the most recent U.S. firm to offer the benefit as varied states clamp down on entry to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom seems to be set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, based on a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion printed by Politico on Monday. learn more

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

Other corporations have pledged to offer similar assist to their U.S. staff who have to journey 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 told workers it's going to pay up to $4,000 in travel bills yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, amongst them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it'll start in Might to cover bills for its workers and their dependents who have to journey to another state for abortion services. read more

One of many leading Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, mentioned it might reimburse travel expenses related to receiving ladies's reproductive well being companies that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to assist the appropriate to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled regulation for nearly half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief govt, wrote in a employees memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) turned in March the first major U.S. bank to make the same commitment. read more

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

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