Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for employees

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it's going to reimburse travel bills for its full- and part-time employees who need to travel to a different state for well being care services, including abortions.

The attire firm finest known for its denims is the most recent U.S. firm to offer the profit as varied states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom appears set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade resolution that legalized abortion nationwide, based on a leaked initial draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. learn extra

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"Given what is at stake, business leaders must make their voices heard and act to guard the well being and well-being of our workers. That means defending reproductive rights," the corporate stated in a press release.

Other firms have pledged to offer comparable support to their U.S. workers who have to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted access to abortion companies.

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

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) stated it would start in Could to cowl expenses for its workers and their dependents who must travel to another state for abortion companies. learn extra

One of many leading Hollywood expertise companies, UTA, said it would reimburse travel bills associated to receiving women's reproductive health services that are not accessible in an employee's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the right 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 workers memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) grew to become in March the first main U.S. bank to make an analogous dedication. learn 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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