my @CLEANED = map { ( my $s = $_ ) =~ tr/\000//d; $s } @EMPLOYEES;

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# Requires Perl 5.14
my @CLEANED = map { s/\000//r } @EMPLOYEES;

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map { tr/\000//d } my @CLEANED = @EMPLOYEES;

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my @CLEANED = @EMPLOYEES;
tr/\000//d for @CLEANED;

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use List::MoreUtils qw( apply );
my @CLEANED = apply { tr/\000//d } @EMPLOYEES;

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use Algorithm::Loops qw( Filter );
my @CLEANED = Filter { tr/\000//d } @EMPLOYEES;

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my @CLEANED = map { tr/\000//d; $_ } @EMPLOYEES;  # XXX