Transform XML to JSON using xslt

I would like to use XSLT to transform some XML into JSON.

The XML looks like the following:

<root>
 <item>
   <number>123</number>
   <name>ABC</name>
   <EmployeeCode>
   <id>11</id>
   <Department>
         <Name>Zing</Name>
         <Age>42</Age>
         <Designation>Engineer</Designation>
    </Department>
    <Status>Contractor</Status>
   </EmployeeCode>

<root>
 <item>
    <number>123</number>
    <name>ABC</name>
    <EmployeeCode>
        <id>11</id>
        "Department": {"Name": "Zing","Age": "42","Designation": "Engineer"}
        <Status>Contractor</Status>
    </EmployeeCode>
</item>