Being employed (2,3)
I believe the answer is:
in use
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">being employed</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('in use' can be similar in meaning to 'employed')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for in use that I've seen before include "Current" , "Being employed - unavailable" , "Engaged" , "Currently employed" , "taken?" .)