in employment—
1. not out of work; having a job:
- There were almost five thousand more people in employment on the first of this month than on the first of last.
2. employed by a specific person or company:
- A person who was in employment of the company cannot be appointed as auditor.
in the employment—(also: in the employ) = in employment 2:
- Stiles was in the employment of a bookmaker…. That was to say, he went about to find out what the betting was.