# Globe3 and Volty > Volty answers leave and work permit questions from Globe3 on WhatsApp, connected by our team. Workers ask about leave and work permits on WhatsApp, and Volty answers from their own Globe3 record, with Globe3 connected by our team. Talk to Volty · Free trial Updated 2 Nov 2026 ## A leave question from site A worker asks how much leave is left. Volty reads it from Globe3 and proposes the request. RB Rahim bin Osman WhatsApp · Employee Hi, how many days annual leave I still have? I want to take 2 days next month. Called Globe3 · Rahim bin Osman · Annual leave 9 days left Volty Hi Rahim, you have 9 days of annual leave left this year. Which two days would you like? 8 and 9 December Waiting for approval Globe3 leave request: Rahim bin Osman, annual leave 8 to 9 Dec Approve · Edit · Decline Globe3 employee Rahim bin Osman Tuas site Annual leave left 9 days Medical leave used 2 days Work permit expires 18 Mar 2027 Matched by Verified phone number Read from Globe3 during the conversation ## What Volty does with Globe3 Globe3 is the HR, payroll and ERP software many Singapore construction, engineering and trading companies run on. We connect Globe3 to Volty as a custom connection, and what Volty reads and writes is agreed with you when it is connected. A worker asks about leave or a permit on WhatsApp and Volty answers from their own Globe3 record, and a leave request can be proposed for HR to approve. - Leave balance on WhatsApp · Volty reads the worker's own leave record and answers. - Permit dates · Work permit expiry read from Globe3, not from a list on someone's desk. - Only their own record · A lookup is bound to the verified phone number in the conversation. - HR approves the changes · A leave request waits for a colleague before it reaches Globe3. Connects with A custom connection our team sets up Volty reads Agreed per workspace: leave, permits, employee records Volty can change Agreed per workspace, Off by default Setup Set up by our team Category Industry & regional systems Leave and permit questions answered from the records HR already keeps. ### A permit renewal reminder A worker replies to a renewal reminder. Volty answers from the record and brings in HR. KS Karthik Selvam WhatsApp · Employee Volty· approved template Hi Karthik, your work permit expires on 2 January. Please bring your passport to the HR office before 5 December for the renewal. I am at Changi site all week. Can I come Saturday? Volty I've asked HR whether Saturday works and Mei Ling will reply here. Mei Ling Saturday 10am is fine, Karthik. See you then. ## As an automation Describe it to Volty in a sentence; it drafts the automation and an admin turns it on. Permit renewal reminders - When · Every Monday · A scheduled automation - Step 1 · Finds permits expiring in 60 days · From Globe3 - Step 2 · Reminds each worker · An approved template - Step 3 · Answers the replies · And brings in HR Workers ask on WhatsApp and get the answer from Globe3. ## How Volty connects to Globe3 We connect Globe3 to your workspace as a custom connection, agreed with you, and an admin approves it once before Volty uses it. - 01 · Agree what Volty reads and writes · Leave, permits, payroll dates, as your Globe3 setup allows. - 02 · Approve the connection · An admin approves it once in Volty. - 03 · Set the switches · Each tool is On, Check with staff, or Off. ### The tools Volty gets Each one is a switch on the Sources page in Volty. - Find employee · Reads - Read leave balance · Reads - Read work permit dates · Reads - Submit leave request · Changes Reading tools can be turned on straight away. Anything that changes Globe3 starts Off, and once on it can be set to check with staff, so each change waits for a colleague. ## Common questions ### How does Volty connect to Globe3? We connect Globe3 to your workspace as a custom connection, from an API key or address, and what Volty reads and writes is agreed with you when it is connected. An admin approves it once before Volty uses it. ### Can Volty change records in Globe3? Only when an admin allows it. Every tool has its own switch: tools that only read can be turned on, and tools that change a record start Off. A tool that is on can be set to check with staff, so each change waits for a colleague to approve it. ### How much does it cost to connect Globe3 with Volty? Every Volty plan includes seats, active contacts and AI credits and starts with a free 7-day trial, and the plan prices are on voltade.com/pricing. 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