Jobs without protection reportedly viewed as dirty (7)
I believe the answer is:
obscene
'dirty' is the definition.
('obscene' can be similar in meaning to 'dirty')
'jobs without protection reportedly viewed' is the wordplay.
'without protection' indicates the central letters (no outside letters).
'reportedly' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'viewed' becomes 'seen' (I've seen this before).
The middle of 'jobs' is 'ob'.
'seen' sounds like 'scene'.
'ob'+'scene'='OBSCENE'
'as' is the link.
(Other definitions for obscene that I've seen before include "Indecent or pornographic" , "Offensive - indecent" , "Offensively vulgar" , "unsuitable for children?" , "One's CBE (anag)" .)