Passing Model Object as @RequestParameter to Spring Controller

Question

I have a JSP page that displays list of employees found.

 <c:forEach items="${employeeList}" var="employee">
            <div class="formRow" style="background-color: red">
                <div class="employeeResultColumnSmall">${employee.getEmpNo()}</div>
                <div class="employeeResultColumnRegular">${employee.getFirstName()}</div>
                <div class="employeeResultColumnRegular">${employee.getLastName()}</div>
                <div class="employeeResultColumnSmall">${employee.getGender()}</div>
                <div class="employeeResultColumnRegular">${employee.getDateOfBirth()}</div>
                <div class="employeeResultColumnRegular">${employee.getHireDate()}</div>
                <div class="employeeResultColumnRegular">${employee.getDept().getDeptName()}</div>
                <div class="employeeResultColumnSmall"><a href="/updateemployee?employee=${employee}">Update</a></div>
            </div>
 </c:forEach>

Controller

@RequestMapping(value = "/updateemployee", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public ModelAndView goUpdateEmployee(@RequestParam("employee") Employee employee){
    System.out.println(employee);
    return null;
}

I want to pass the employee bean to a controller whose update link is clicked. I tried doing it as shown above but not working.