Oil field services company sued for harassment of gay worker

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission is suing an oil field services company, alleging a gay worker was harassed at the company's North Dakota location.

The lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court claims Wyoming-based Rocky Mountain Casing Co. allowed the harassment of Michael Allyn, who worked as a driver at the company's Williston facility from January 2011 to April 2015. The EEOC says this is the first lawsuit it has brought in North Dakota that deals with harassment over sexual orientation.

Among other things, the complaint alleges that male co-workers used offensi...

 

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