Hiring NE European at home with painful affliction (7,3)

'hiring' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being present participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'ne european at home with painful affliction' is the wordplay.
'ne european' becomes 'lett' (alternative term for a Latvian).
'at home' becomes 'in' ('in' can be similar in meaning to 'at home').
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'painful affliction' becomes 'gout'.
'lett'+'in'+'gout'='LETTING OUT'