Levi Strauss & Co said on Wednesday it will reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time employees who need to travel to another state for health care services, including abortions.
Highlights
- Levi Strauss & Co.
- will reimburse travel expenses for its full- and part-time employees who need to travel to another state for health care services, including abortions.
- The apparel company best known for its jeans is the latest U.S.
- company to offer the benefit as various states clamp down on access to abortions.
- Other companies have pledged to offer similar support to their employees who have to travel out of states like Texas and Oklahoma that have restricted access to abortion services.
- Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) told employees it will pay up to $4,000 in travel expenses yearly for non-life threatening medical treatments, among them elective abortions.