Problem using -replace when editing HTML file

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I want to replace some strings in a generated HTML file, including some tag edits. Below is the code I am using:

$editreport -replace [regex]::Escape('employee(id','employeeid')
$editreport -replace [regex]::Escape('employeeType(id)','id')
$editreport -replace [regex]::Escape('employee(','employee')
$editreport -replace [regex]::Escape(')','')

I get the following errors (same message on all 4 replaces - below is one of them):

Cannot find an overload for "Escape" and the argument count: "2".
At line:1 char:1
+ $editreport -replace [regex]::Escape('employee`(id','employee ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [], MethodException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : MethodCountCouldNotFindBest
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Any insight on this is very much appreciated.
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what you try to achieve ?

[regex]::Escape should have only one argument
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.text.regularexpressions.regex.escape(v=vs.110).aspx

may be you want

$editreport -replace [regex]::Escape('employee(id'), 'employeeid'