Management at An Post will consider the cost implications of recommendations issued last night by the Labour Court aimed at ending the long-running dispute at the company.
Under the proposals, An Post will pay the increases due under Sustaining Progress to members of the Communications Workers' Union (CWU).
As a result, the union said it was calling off its planned campaign of industrial action.
The board at An Post will meet tomorrow to discuss the proposals.
The court's 10-page recommendation, dealing with a range of work-practice changes sought by the company as well as the pay issue, was issued shortly after 7pm last night.
Crucially for the union, the court attached no conditions to the payment of the increases due under Sustaining Progress.