My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: MN
If I signed a non compete clause for one year and they let me go, what happens if they re-hire me?
Basically I worked for a company for five years and signed a non compete clause that would last one year after I quit or was let go. They let me go and the one year is up in February. Today they offered me a lower position than I had before, will that old paperwork I signed still be valid and will I have to wait a whole year again from today if I accept the job offer? Or will I need to sign a new one for that to take effect again? Basically Its a real estate business and I was planning on opening my own business in February as there is very low overhead and my previous buildings I managed have said they would rather deal with me than my old company. I can make around $180k/year off of them, but my old company offered me a position that I had when I first started with the company. I'm wondering if my old contract I signed will still be effective if I take that position or if they will make me sign a new one for it to be effective? (The way this place operates I have a sneaking suspicion they'll forget to have me sign any new ones. I'm located two hours from their office and work out of my house managing the properties.)

