PMA

16:35 Mar 21, 2022 

I'm inclined to agree with Barend's interpretation as the most plausible one here.

Fwiw, 'PMA' could also refer to either of the following employers in this specific context:

* Polikliniek Mens en Arbeid (PMA) - https://www.mensenarbeid.nl/content/diensten
* Samenwerkingsverband Psycho Medisch Advies - http://www.pma.one/index.php?page=pma

03:58 Mar 12, 2022 

Not many hits, but 'PMA' could be "personeelsmanagement" (staff management)

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03:38 Mar 12, 2022 

So, if PMA = HR, perhaps:

HR granted me all my outstanding leave.

That is to say, HR (PMA) has taken up all their outstanding leave at their request.

03:29 Mar 12, 2022 

"but one of them didn't think he would be able to get time off work as a doctor."

As an employee, you would contact your HR department / personnel administration/management / staff management and request them to grant you leave.

So, you would expect 'PMA' stands for such a department.

In this case, PMA would have granted him/her all their outstanding leave.

02:40 Mar 12, 2022 

First of all, 'vakantiedagen opnemen' is something that you would do yourself, normally, but the relevant department needs to give their approval.
A lot of leave is scheduled beforehand, since employees have an opportunity to indicate their wishes in this respect at the beginning of the year.

Since the phrase 'vakantiedagen opnemen' is mentioned, we may assume that we are dealing with a physician 'in dienstverband' (be employed).
Their 'labor union' is LAD.
This is what they say:
Vakantieverlof
U heeft recht op 144 vakantie-uren per jaar, aangevuld met een persoonlijk levensfasebudget (PLB) van 57 uur per jaar bij een volledig dienstverband.
https://www.lad.nl/lad-voor-u/caos/cao-ziekenhuizen/

20:47 Mar 11, 2022 

Might have something to do with an extension of the standard travel insurance period for insurance company PMA/Aegon. See https://pma.info/reisverzekering/voorwaarden/#polis, download their policy terms and check out article 1.8. 'Opgenomen' in this context would refer to a longer holiday period being included in special terms of the insurance policy.

17:53 Mar 11, 2022 

Yeah, that's what I meant: taking the holiday. "Cashing in" was the wrong word. Pensions, etc. is not my forte.

You might just be right with your locum theory.

17:46 Mar 11, 2022 

But I don't think the audience will understand "cashing in holiday days". I understand that to mean taking money instead of holiday, whereas he's taking holiday.

My guess of "locum" may be wrong, but at least it fits the context.

15:37 Mar 11, 2022 

Thanks for the comments. I'm afraid I don't have any further context. It's a romantic comedy and the character turns up out of the blue when his girlfriend is about to go on holiday. These are the only two lines of dialogue in the scene, then it cuts to something else. I think I'll just go with the idea of cashing in holiday days. It would probably be too confusing to try and explain the PMA part in detail in such a short scene.

13:50 Mar 11, 2022 

It strikes me that it could stand for 'praktijkmanagement'.

13:40 Mar 11, 2022 

Any more context?

The reason I suggested "Pensioenfonds Medewerkers Apotheken", is because I googled: PMA "vakantiedagen"

https://www.google.com/search?q=PMA "vakantiedagen"&sxsrf=AP...

and most of the hits were about that specific pension fund

13:35 Mar 11, 2022 

I was assuming that "opgenomen" was being used in the sense of "vakantiedagen opnemen" (taking holidays). However, even then, the text is confusing, since it would then say that the pension fund had taken all the person's holidays.

I was assuming the doctor meant that he had, in some way, "cashed in" some of his unused holiday entitlement with his pension fund… or something like that

13:24 Mar 11, 2022 

This would fit the bill, but they're a British company:
http://practicemanagersuk.org/pma-locum-bank/
Or I might be barking up totally the wrong tree.

13:14 Mar 11, 2022 

I may be wrong, but I'm guessing that "opgenomen" means someone else has taken over their work.

What kind of script is this - corporate video, commercial, TV drama, something else? Could PMA be a locum agency, maybe?

What kind of doctor - GP, hospital?

And how does the conversation continue?