Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion travel for workers

Might 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it would reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time staff who must journey to a different state for well being care providers, including abortions.

The apparel firm finest recognized for its denims is the newest U.S. firm to offer the benefit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Court seems set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade choice that legalized abortion nationwide, in keeping with a leaked initial draft majority opinion published by Politico on Monday. read more

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

Other firms have pledged to supply comparable help to their U.S. staff who must 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. personal employer, on Monday told employees it's going to pay as much as $4,000 in journey expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. read more

Crowd-sourced review platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) said it should begin in May to cover bills for its staff and their dependents who must travel to a different state for abortion providers. learn extra

One of the leading Hollywood expertise agencies, UTA, said it will reimburse journey expenses associated to receiving women's reproductive health providers that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to support the right to choose that has been a bedrock of settled legislation for nearly 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 main U.S. financial institution to make an identical commitment. learn 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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