Gift for workers getting regular meals (7)
I believe the answer is:
handsel
'gift' is the definition.
(I have seen 'traditional gift' mean 'handsel' so perhaps 'gift' could also mean 'handsel')
'workers getting regular meals' is the wordplay.
'workers' becomes 'hands' (hand is a kind of worker).
'getting' says to put letters next to each other.
'regular' indicates alternate letters.
The alternate letters of 'meals' are 'el'.
'hands'+'el'='HANDSEL'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for handsel that I've seen before include "A present for good luck, sealing of a bargain" , "traditional gift" , "gift yesterday" , "A good-luck present, coin in a purse, say" , "Fairytale character" .)