Using jQuery it is very simple assuming the URL you wish to post to is on the same server or has implemented CORS
$(function() {
$("#employeeLink").on("click",function(e) {
e.preventDefault(); // cancel the link itself
$.post(this.href,function(data) {
$("#someContainer").html(data);
});
});
});
If you insist on using frames which I strongly discourage, have a form and submit it with the link
<form action="employee.action" method="post" target="myFrame" id="myForm"></form>
and use (in plain JS)
window.addEventListener("load",function() {
document.getElementById("employeeLink").addEventListener("click",function(e) {
e.preventDefault(); // cancel the link
document.getElementById("myForm").submit(); // but make sure nothing has name or ID="submit"
});
});
Without a form we need to make one
window.addEventListener("load",function() {
document.getElementById("employeeLink").addEventListener("click",function(e) {
e.preventDefault(); // cancel the actual link
var myForm = document.createElement("form");
myForm.action=this.href;// the href of the link
myForm.target="myFrame";
myForm.method="POST";
myForm.submit();
});
});