Yelp will pay for employees' abortion travel expenses

[brooklynite]

Source: Axios

Yelp announced today that it will now pay travel expenses for employees who need abortion and reproductive care.

Why it matters: The online review site's announcement comes nearly a month after Citigroup announced a similar policy. The company joins a handful of other employers, like Bumble and Match, who have publicly made clear where they stand on the issue of abortion access ahead of an upcoming Supreme Court ruling, which could roll back Roe v. Wade.

“We’ve long been a strong advocate for equality in the workplace and believe that gender equality cannot be achieved if women’s healthcare rights are restricted," said Yelp's chief diversity officer, Miriam Warren, in a statement.

How it works: Yelp said its health insurance already covered abortion care. The new policy will allow employees to bill their health insurer directly for travel costs if they need to leave their state to access care; also allowing for some measure of employee privacy.

Read more: https://www.axios.com/yelp-abortion-travel-892592e9-ecd7-4cf1-93f7-4db32af5ef89.html

[LetMyPeopleVote]

1. Yeah

Link to tweet

[progressoid]

2. k/r

[J_William_Ryan]

3. Very good.

[IronLionZion]

4. Yelp reviews might get better if conservatives boycott it

[IcyPeas]

5. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ five stars for Yelp

[COL Mustard]

6. 5 stars!!!

Good on them for taking care of their people.

[DownriverDem]

7. I have a feeling

that this is how it will be. It could be even bigger if/when Roe is overturned. I wish I felt confident that left leaning voters will be mad enough to vote in huge numbers in November.

[twodogsbarking]

8. Rating yelp. Irony at its best. Great move.