Striking Gama workers are to meet today to consider the company's proposals for a return to work.
The company has agreed to engage in substantive talks on the overtime issue before the weekend if the workers agree to return to work.
The company has also given assurances to the Labour Relations Commission (LRC) that the workers will not be forced to go abroad if they return to work.
It is understood that Gama also gave an assurance that the workers would be retained by the company until their contracts expired in August and October.
It is also understood that the company gave guarantees on issues such as providing more detailed payslips and time records.
The proposals came after five hours of talks at the LRC yesterday.
Gama representatives and their solicitors remained in one room while Siptu officials and seven Turkish workers stayed in another, and LRC officials moved between both parties.
About 300 of Gama's Turkish workers went on strike six weeks ago over claims that they were paid between €2 and €3 an hour for working up to 80 hours a week.
More than 200 have since returned to Turkey and about 83 are still involved in the strike.
Socialist TD Joe Higgins has said the workers were harassed and intimidated into returning to Turkey.
However, Gama said allegations of intimidation against the company were unfounded and that it was Gama staff who were still working who were being intimidated. Siptu has denied this.
Gama has denied that the employees had ever worked the long hours claimed.
During the dispute, it emerged that the company was paying staff wages into Dutch bank accounts.
These wages were later transferred into the workers' own accounts in Turkey.
Gama said the employees knew about these accounts but this was denied by the workers.
Last night a Gama spokeswoman said: "A formula has been agreed for a return to work and this will be put to employees tomorrow.
"The company has nothing further to say."
Siptu will put the proposals to the workers in a meeting at Liberty Hall at 2.30pm today.
Siptu national organiser Noel Dowling said it was difficult to see the workers accepting the proposal, given the employees' level of distrust for the company.
"All we can do is to explain what happened at the meeting and let them decide," he said.
If the workers reject the offer, then the Labour Court is likely to get involved in the dispute.
