Levi Strauss to reimburse abortion journey for workers

May 4 (Reuters) - Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it's going to reimburse journey expenses for its full- and part-time employees who must travel to another state for well being care companies, together with abortions.

The attire company greatest known for its denims is the latest U.S. company to offer the profit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.

And now, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom appears to be like set to vote to overturn the Roe v. Wade determination that legalized abortion nationwide, in keeping with a leaked preliminary draft majority opinion revealed by Politico on Monday. learn more

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"Given what is at stake, enterprise leaders have to make their voices heard and act to guard the health and well-being of our employees. That means defending reproductive rights," the company mentioned in an announcement.

Other corporations have pledged to offer similar help to their U.S. staff who must travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma which have restricted entry to abortion providers.

Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O), the second-largest U.S. non-public employer, on Monday instructed workers it should pay as much as $4,000 in journey expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical therapies, among them elective abortions. read extra

Crowd-sourced overview platform Yelp, Inc (YELP.N) mentioned it's going to begin in Could to cover expenses for its workers and their dependents who have to journey to a different state for abortion providers. read extra

One of the leading Hollywood talent businesses, UTA, stated it could reimburse travel expenses associated to receiving women's reproductive well being providers that are not accessible in an worker's state of residence.

"We’re doing this to help the fitting to decide on that has been a bedrock of settled law for almost half a century," Jeremy Zimmer, UTA's chief govt, wrote in a staff memo Wednesday that was seen by Reuters.

Citigroup Inc (C.N) became in March the first major U.S. bank to make an analogous dedication. read extra

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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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