LONDON (CU)_Three years ago, the government of the United Kingdom compelled all companies and certain public sector bodies in Great Britain, except Northern Ireland, to report their gender pay gap to the Government Equalities Office. In the very first report, which was filed by 4 April 2018, over 3000 companies and public-sector organisations of a total of 10,014 which had filed reported a pay gap that exceeded the national median of 18.4 per cent. Figures at the time also showed that almost eight in 10 companies and state bodies were paying…