Foundation launches short-form video contest on workplace innovation, top prize 500,000 won

The Korea Labor and Employment Service is holding a short-form video contest inviting the public to capture the value and impact of workplace innovation through their own eyes.

The foundation announced Monday it is accepting submissions for the "2026 Workplace Innovation Short-Form Video Contest" through July 21.

The contest aims to spread awareness of workplace innovation and raise public recognition of the foundation's "workplace innovation mutual-growth consulting" project through voluntary participation.

Entries may cover any topic that conveys the meaning of workplace innovation or promotes the consulting project. Suggested themes include how a company changed after joining the consulting program, moments when innovation was needed or daily routines that shifted, experiences with flexible work arrangements or reduced working hours, and consultant vlogs.

The contest is open to anyone interested in workplace innovation, with entries accepted from individuals or teams of up to four people.

Submissions must be vertical short-form videos suitable for platforms such as Instagram Reels or YouTube Shorts, running between 30 and 60 seconds and formatted as MP4 (H.264). Participants submit their entries by email along with an application form and other required documents.

The foundation will evaluate entries on thematic relevance, creativity, production quality, communicative impact and viral potential, selecting a total of 15 winners. The top prize goes to one entry — 500,000 won ($324) — while one runner-up receives 300,000 won and three merit-award winners each receive 100,000 won. Ten participants whose entries do not win an award will be chosen by lottery to receive coffee coupons worth 10,000 won each.

Winners will be announced in the fourth week of August, and their videos will be posted on the workplace innovation platform and the foundation's official promotional channels for use as content promoting the workplace innovation project.

Park Jong-pil, secretary-general of the Korea Labor and Employment Service, said the workplace innovation mutual-growth consulting program is "a core project that simultaneously raises corporate productivity and improves the quality of life for workers," adding that he hopes "the positive changes in the workplace and the value of innovation will spread widely through fresh short-form videos."