I really don't understand this section of the ACT
19 Worker subjected to detriment by co-worker or agent of employer
“(1A)A worker (“W”) has the right not to be subjected to any detriment by any act, or any deliberate failure to act, done—
(b)by an agent of W’s employer with the employer’s authority,
Let me paint two scenarios so you understand my question
Scene 1:
A worker makes a protected disclosure, the worker's employer sends an agent to act in a detrimental manner to the worker
Scene 2:
A worker makes a protected disclosure, the employer's agent, on his (agent) own initiative acts in a detrimental manner to the worker
Would the employer be vicariously liable in Scene 2, even though he (the employer) was not aware that the agent acted that way?
I would greatly appreciate relevant case law
Thanks a lot