feature/IO-3499-React-19: Remove redundant forward refs in favor of React 19 built in ref prop

client/src/components/employee-team-search-select/employee-team-search-select.component.jsx

@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 import { useQuery } from "@apollo/client/react";
 import { Select } from "antd";
-import { forwardRef } from "react";
 import { QUERY_TEAMS } from "../../graphql/employee_teams.queries";
 import AlertComponent from "../alert/alert.component";
 
 //To be used as a form element only.
 
-const EmployeeTeamSearchSelect = ({ ...props }) => {
+const EmployeeTeamSearchSelect = ({ ref, ...props }) => {
   const { loading, error, data } = useQuery(QUERY_TEAMS);
 
   if (error) return <AlertComponent title={JSON.stringify(error)} type="error" />;
   return (
     <Select
+      ref={ref}
       showSearch
       allowClear
       loading={loading}
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ const EmployeeTeamSearchSelect = ({ ...props }) => {
     />
   );
 };
-export default forwardRef(EmployeeTeamSearchSelect);
+export default EmployeeTeamSearchSelect;