The executives of healthcare unions are to consider an agreement on staffing and recruitment, which was reached over the weekend.
It comes ahead of a ballot of members who will decide if they will accept the deal with HSE management, which led to the suspension of planned industrial action.
The agreement involves the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation, Fórsa, Connect, Unite and the Medical Laboratory Scientists Association.
SIPTU and the Irish Medical Organisation were also represented at talks at the Workplace Relations Commission, which concluded yesterday.
Before agreement was reached, 80,000 health workers were due to commence a work-to-rule from this morning.
On Thursday, members of the INMO and Fórsa were planning to engage in a one-day strike at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda.
The planned action has now been suspended.
Members of the Psychiatric Nurses Association began a work-to-rule on Wednesday as part of the same dispute.
The action remains in place for now and the board of the PNA are due to meet to consider the agreement that has been reached.
Under the agreement, maternity leave cover in the health service will be prioritised, there will be greater consultation with unions on future staffing decisions and an increase in the conversion of agency posts to HSE jobs.
Employment ceilings set under the HSE's Pay and Numbers Strategy would remain in place, but the agreement will prioritise promotion opportunities for existing staff within the health service.
The HSE said the deal would provide clarity for healthcare staff around recruitment and the management of workforce issues.
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill welcomed the agreement, saying it would ensure patient safety and the continued delivery of essential services.
