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The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has sued Dell, Inc., alleging it violated the Equal Pay Act (EPA) and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by paying a female IT analyst less than it paid a male employee paying the same work. The computer giant acquired the company for which the plaintiff worked and hired her and a male analyst at the same time. Kea Golden, the plaintiff, was paid $17,510 less despite performing the same tasks, assignments and work as the male analyst, according to the EEOC. The lawsuit requests back pay, damages and injunctive relief, and an order barring Dell from engaging in discriminatory treatment in the future. The case is significant as it points to some of the larger gender disparities that persist in the tech industry.