Flatten XML after copy - xslt

Question

I have a requirement to create a copy of the xml record based on a repeating field which I am able to do so, however I need the result to be flattened
I have tried to use variables and copying them to the output
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="2.0"
xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
<xsl:output method="xml" indent="yes"/>
<xsl:template match="/">
<Hire>
<xsl:for-each select="Hire/Record">
<xsl:variable name="var_record" select="./*
[not(name()='Sweldo')]" />
<xsl:for-each select="Sweldo">
<xsl:variable name="var_SWELDO" select=".">
</xsl:variable>
<Record>
<xsl:copy-of select="$var_record" />
<xsl:copy-of select="$var_SWELDO" />
</Record>
</xsl:for-each>
</xsl:for-each>
</Hire>
</xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>
The input is
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Hire>
<Record>
<XRefCode>XX</XRefCode>
<EmployeeNumber>161</EmployeeNumber>
<BirthDate>1985-04-09</BirthDate>
<SocialSecurityNumber>XXXXXXX</SocialSecurityNumber>
<FirstName>XX</FirstName>
<LastName>XX</LastName>
<MiddleName>D</MiddleName>
<Sweldo>
<sahod>ONE MILLION</sahod>
</Sweldo>
<Sweldo>
<sahod>1 BILLION</sahod>
</Sweldo>
</Record>
</Hire>
The output I am getting is
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Hire>
<Record>
<XRefCode>161</XRefCode>
<EmployeeNumber>161</EmployeeNumber>
<BirthDate>1985-04-09</BirthDate>
<SocialSecurityNumber>999-81-9462</SocialSecurityNumber>
<FirstName>XXX</FirstName>
<LastName>XXXXX</LastName>
<MiddleName>D</MiddleName>
<Sweldo>
<sahod>ONE MILLION</sahod>
</Sweldo>
</Record>
<Record>
<XRefCode>161</XRefCode>
<EmployeeNumber>161</EmployeeNumber>
<BirthDate>1985-04-09</BirthDate>
<SocialSecurityNumber>999-81-9462</SocialSecurityNumber>
<FirstName>XXX</FirstName>
<LastName>XXXX</LastName>
<MiddleName>D</MiddleName>
<Sweldo>
<sahod>1 BILLION</sahod>
</Sweldo>
</Record>
</Hire>
However I need the following format
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Hire>
<Record>
<XRefCode>161</XRefCode>
<EmployeeNumber>161</EmployeeNumber>
<BirthDate>1985-04-09</BirthDate>
<SocialSecurityNumber>999-81-9462</SocialSecurityNumber>
<FirstName>XXXX</FirstName>
<LastName>XXXXXX</LastName>
<MiddleName>D</MiddleName>
<sahod>ONE MILLION</sahod>
</Record>
<Record>
<XRefCode>161</XRefCode>
<EmployeeNumber>161</EmployeeNumber>
<BirthDate>1985-04-09</BirthDate>
<SocialSecurityNumber>999-81-9462</SocialSecurityNumber>
<FirstName>XXXX</FirstName>
<LastName>XXXX</LastName>
<MiddleName>D</MiddleName>
<sahod>1 BILLION</sahod>
</Record>
</Hire>
Is there a way to completely remove the element?

Answer 1

Please check and update following code:-
<xsl:for-each select="Sweldo">
**change to**
<xsl:for-each select="Sweldo/sahod">