In paid employment (5)
I believe the answer is:
waged
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">in paid employment</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for waged that I've seen before include "in paid employment" , "Carried on (war)" , "Bet or conducted" , "Receiving regular payment for work" , "In receipt of pay for work, employed" .)