How to pass array to a new view in ASP.NET MVC?

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In the code below I have created an index view that enables users to check records that they want to update. When clicking on the submit button, they are supposed to be redirected to a webpage, and some code needs to be executed to update these records.

The following is the code that I have implemented:

The VIEW

@model IEnumerable<BulkDelete.Models.Employee>

@{int[] employeesToUpdate;}


    <div style="font-family:Arial">
        @using (Html.BeginForm("UpdateMultiple", "Home", FormMethod.Post))
        {
            <table class="table">
                <thead>
                    <tr>
                        <td>Checkbox<br /></td>

                        <th>Name</th>
                        <th>Gender</th>
                        <th>Email</th>
                    </tr>
                </thead>
                <tbody>

                    @foreach (var item in Model)
                    {
                        <tr>
                            <td>
                                <input type="checkbox" name="employeesToUpdate" id="employeesToUpdate" value="@item.ID" />
                                
                            </td>
                            <td>@item.Name</td>
                            <td>@item.Gender</td>
                            <td>@item.Email</td>
                        </tr>
                    }

                </tbody>
               

            </table>

            <input type="submit"  value="update selected employees" />


        }
    </div>

The CONTROLLER:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Data.Entity;
using System.Data.Entity.Core.Objects;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.Mvc;
using BulkDelete.Models;
namespace BulkDelete.Controllers
{
    public class HomeController : Controller
    {
        SampleDBContext db = new SampleDBContext();
        public  System.Web.SessionState.HttpSessionState Session { get; }

        public ActionResult Index()
        {
            return View(db.Employees.ToList()) ;
        }


        [HttpPost]
        public ActionResult UpdateMultiple(IEnumerable<int> employeesToUpdate)
        {
            
            return RedirectToAction("UpdateMultipleRecords");
        }

        
        //[HttpPost]
        public ActionResult UpdateMultipleRecords()
        {

            IEnumerable<int> employeesToUpdate = (IEnumerable<int>)TempData["employeesToUpdate"];
            var listemployee = db.Employees.Where(x => employeesToUpdate.Contains(x.ID));
            foreach (var item in listemployee)
            {
                int itemid = item.ID;
                Employee e = db.Employees.Find(itemid);
                e.Email = "hello.";
               // e = db.Employees.Find(item);
                db.Entry(e).State = EntityState.Modified;
                
            }
            db.SaveChanges();
            return RedirectToAction("Index");
        }
}

I keep getting the same error over and over again which is :

Unable to create a null constant value of type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[[System.Int32, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]]'. Only entity types, enumeration types or primitive types are supported in this context.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NotSupportedException: Unable to create a null constant value of type 'System.Collections.Generic.IEnumerable`1[[System.Int32, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]]'. Only entity types, enumeration types or primitive types are supported in this context.


Line 34:             IEnumerable<int> employeesToUpdate = (IEnumerable<int>)TempData["employeesToUpdate"];
Line 35:             var listemployee = db.Employees.Where(x => employeesToUpdate.Contains(x.ID));
Line 36:             foreach (var item in listemployee)
Line 37:             {
Line 38:                 int itemid = item.ID;

What I have tried:

Code works when it is simply executed from the index page, but when redirecting to another web page this error keeps showing up