Susan W. Brecher, Esq. is on the faculty as Director Employment Law and Employee Relations at the Labor and Employment Law Program, Cornell University, ILR. She is also an attorney who specializes in the field of employment practices, internal investigations and dispute resolution.
At Cornell, Ms. Brecher manages, develops, designs, delivers and implements Cornell classroom, customized, live virtual, online virtual and blended learning programs. She is responsible for curriculum development in the LEL employer and employee responsibilities education and manages the Employee Relations, Internal Investigations and Employment Law professional development programs.
Ms. Brecher authors and teaches elearning courses for eCornell Programs and Executive Education. Ms. Brecher has partnered with over 200 private, public and non-profit organizations to develop and present customized training programs and joint certificates. In addition, Ms. Brecher authors and teaches elearning courses for eCornell. She is a highly regarded expert speaker in the field including presentations at SHRM, DMEC, ILG and the Forum on Inclusion.
In addition, Ms. Brecher advises, consults, coaches, facilitates and handles all aspects of employment law and dispute resolution issues. This includes providing legal advice, executive coaching, one-on-one coaching for appropriate workplace behavior, effective management and resolving workplace disputes; internal investigations, facilitation and neutral fact-finding for private, public and non-profit organizations.
Ms. Brecher co-authored a column on training for the periodical HR Advisor Legal & Practical Guidance. She has also published some of her materials including, “The Complaint Handler’s Model” contained in the resource book, Sexual Harassment in the Workplace (Wiley & Sons, 1994).
Before coming to Cornell ILR, Ms. Brecher served as in-house employment Counsel at the American Broadcasting Companies and the National Broadcasting Company and was associated with the law firms Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom and Epstein, Becker and Green. Ms. Brecher has a B.A. summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, from Union College and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University, where she was on the Law Review.