Not entitled to company OSP

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I was off sick for two weeks in January following an Appendectomy. I provided my sick note to work.
I have been employed with this company for 10 months and my probation period was agreed as being 6 months. I assumed I passed probation as no one had told me I had failed or passed?
Payroll have told me that because no one signed off my probation I will not be getting paid OSP and will only receive SSP.
AIBU to think this is unfair? No one told me I hadn’t passed so I just assumed I had! I feel as though this is a company error and I am going to be losing a lot of money because of it.
Do I have grounds to contest this?

Forgot to say - our company policy is that you are only entitled to OSP once you have passed probation

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I may well be wrong but I thought you were deemed to have passed unless specifically confirmed you had not.

I’d be kicking up a fuss with both HR and whomever is responsible for your probation. Check employment law on probation - CAB is a good place to start.

Seems a bit stupid that you never checked youd passed or scheduled a meeting with your manager to check your status/progress.

I'd also make a fuss with who was responsible for your probation.
If you weren't to be deemed as passed at 6 months you would need to be told.
Hopefully it's a communication error and whoever's job it was hasn't been done

Ok, a quick Google:

Check your employment contract. Does it say they can extend your probation period? They can only do that if your contract says that they can.
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/rights-at-work/basic-rights-and-contracts/contracts-of-employment/

Lots on this website, mostly about best practice but the last two sections should still useful to you.
www.keystonelaw.com/keynotes/probationary-periods-what-employers-need-to-know

Good luck.

Also, pretty sure they would need to provide reasons to extend your probation period and if they haven’t told you what those reasons are, how can you reasonably be expected to improve upon them?

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Ah that’s really helpful advice thank you!