Rod McKenzie, who denies the claims, is understood to have been given a final written warning
The editor of Radio 1's award-winning Newsbeat programme has been moved from his post following multiple complaints from staff about alleged bullying.
Rod McKenzie, who denied the allegations, is understood to have been given a final written warning after the complaints which were included as part of the Dinah Rose review into allegations of bullying and harassment at the corporation, published in May 2013.
BBC News head of news programmes Ceri Thomas has briefed Newsbeat staff to tell them that the programme's editor was being moved to another part of the corporation.
It is believed McKenzie, who is currently on a month's leave beginning this week, will return to a non-network news role at the BBC.
The National Union of Journalists is understood to have made a formal group complaint about McKenzie reflecting the concerns of more than 20 members of staff, with a redacted version submitted to the Rose inquiry.
The complaints are understood to have centred around accusations of shouting at staff and favouritism allegedly shown to certain members of the Newsbeat team.
A source close to McKenzie put the number of people who went on the record to complain at 12.
"Rod rejects these claims and maintains that his behaviour was entirely in keeping with a pressured news environment," said the source. "A favourite is a high achiever by another name."
The source said McKenzie was pleased that the "most lurid allegations were thrown out".
McKenzie, who won a Sony award for Newsbeat last year, has overseen the Radio 1 news service for the last 12 years. BBC director general Tony Hall recently said that he wanted to see the Newsbeat brand extended to BBC3.
The executive was an outside contender to be the new controller of BBC Radio 5 Live last year, a job that went to the station's former deputy, Jonathan Wall, after Adrian Van Klaveren was given a new role overseeing the corporation's first world war centenary season in the wake of the Newsnight scandal.
Newsbeat is currently being overseen on an acting basis by its deputy editor, Kevin Silverton, a former news editor at BBC Radio Nottingham.
McKenzie is expected to be given a non-network news role but it remains unclear what exactly it will be. Sources suggested he could be lined up for a role in BBC local radio.
The BBC refused to comment, beyond: "We do not discuss internal staff or disciplinary issues." The NUJ had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication.
The review by barrister Rose was set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, which prompted widespread allegations of bullying and sexual harassment at the BBC.
The NUJ said last week that the BBC had failed to follow up recommendations in the Rose review which reported last year.
Hall said when the Rose review was published that parts of the report made for "uncomfortable reading" and pledged a "zero tolerance of bullying".
The disciplinary process involving McKenzie is understood to have lasted for more than a year.
Newsbeat has had to make a number of post closures and several staff redundant as part of the £700m Delivering Quality First cuts across the BBC.
A BBC-commissioned report by commercial radio executive John Myers in 2011 revealed Newsbeat employed 52 full-time staff and questioned whether the programme, which broadcasts a 15-minute bulletin twice a day, needed to employ so many people.
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The editor of Radio 1's award-winning Newsbeat programme has been moved from his post following multiple complaints from staff about alleged bullying.
Rod McKenzie, who denied the allegations, is understood to have been given a final written warning after the complaints which were included as part of the Dinah Rose review into allegations of bullying and harassment at the corporation, published in May 2013.
BBC News head of news programmes Ceri Thomas has briefed Newsbeat staff to tell them that the programme's editor was being moved to another part of the corporation.
It is believed McKenzie, who is currently on a month's leave beginning this week, will return to a non-network news role at the BBC.
The National Union of Journalists is understood to have made a formal group complaint about McKenzie reflecting the concerns of more than 20 members of staff, with a redacted version submitted to the Rose inquiry.
The complaints are understood to have centred around accusations of shouting at staff and favouritism allegedly shown to certain members of the Newsbeat team.
A source close to McKenzie put the number of people who went on the record to complain at 12.
"Rod rejects these claims and maintains that his behaviour was entirely in keeping with a pressured news environment," said the source. "A favourite is a high achiever by another name."
The source said McKenzie was pleased that the "most lurid allegations were thrown out".
McKenzie, who won a Sony award for Newsbeat last year, has overseen the Radio 1 news service for the last 12 years. BBC director general Tony Hall recently said that he wanted to see the Newsbeat brand extended to BBC3.
The executive was an outside contender to be the new controller of BBC Radio 5 Live last year, a job that went to the station's former deputy, Jonathan Wall, after Adrian Van Klaveren was given a new role overseeing the corporation's first world war centenary season in the wake of the Newsnight scandal.
Newsbeat is currently being overseen on an acting basis by its deputy editor, Kevin Silverton, a former news editor at BBC Radio Nottingham.
McKenzie is expected to be given a non-network news role but it remains unclear what exactly it will be. Sources suggested he could be lined up for a role in BBC local radio.
The BBC refused to comment, beyond: "We do not discuss internal staff or disciplinary issues." The NUJ had not responded to a request for comment at the time of publication.
The review by barrister Rose was set up in the wake of the Jimmy Savile scandal, which prompted widespread allegations of bullying and sexual harassment at the BBC.
The NUJ said last week that the BBC had failed to follow up recommendations in the Rose review which reported last year.
Hall said when the Rose review was published that parts of the report made for "uncomfortable reading" and pledged a "zero tolerance of bullying".
The disciplinary process involving McKenzie is understood to have lasted for more than a year.
Newsbeat has had to make a number of post closures and several staff redundant as part of the £700m Delivering Quality First cuts across the BBC.
A BBC-commissioned report by commercial radio executive John Myers in 2011 revealed Newsbeat employed 52 full-time staff and questioned whether the programme, which broadcasts a 15-minute bulletin twice a day, needed to employ so many people.
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