Section 2
SEC. 2. Section two of Republic Act Numbered Ten hundred and fifty-two is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 2. Unless terminated in the manner and for any of the causes enumerated in section one of this Act, the suspension, for a period not exceeding six months, of the operation of a business or enterprise not attributable to the fault of the employer, or the fulfillment by the employee of a military or civic obligation or privilege prescribed by law shall not terminate an employment. It shall be the duty of an employer to return to his former job an employee who leaves his employment, to fulfill a military or civic obligation: Provided, That the employee indicates his desire to return to his former job within a reasonable time not to exceed sixty days from his relief from such civic or military obligation. Failure of the employer to comply with its duty shall render the employer liable for damages. "Any contract or agreement contrary to the provisions of section one of this Act shall be null and void: Provided, however, That nothing herein contained shall prevent an employer and his employees or their representatives to enter into a collective bargaining agreement with terms more liberal than those provided for in this Act in favor of the employees."