Girl takes on workers for women's work (7)
I believe the answer is:
distaff
'women's work' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'girl takes on workers' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'Di'.
'takes on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'workers' becomes 'staff' (I've seen this in another clue).
'di'+'staff'='DISTAFF'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for distaff that I've seen before include "Female - rod on which wool or flax is wound before spinning" , "The female side in a family tree" , "Characteristic of or peculiar to a woman" , "Spinner's rod" , "helps one to unwind" .)