Examining policies implemented in six countries members of the European Union (Germany, Spain, France, Hungary, United Kingdom and Sweden) concerning employment for people with disabilities, the authors analyze the compatibility of the legislations with Article 27 (on employment) of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities on the employment policies of the countries members of the European Union. Using as material some recent official and shadows reports produced for the monitoring process of the implementation of the Convention as well as documents referring to the policies on employment or non discrimination for people with disabilities in these countries, they highlight the difficulties for an adjustment to these new rules. The main stumbling blocks for the legal provisions of these countries with the letter and the spirit of the Convention which were examined are: (1) Definitions of disability that are too restrictive referring to non discrimination; (2) Types of work positions which could be denied to people with disabilities; (3) The lack of reasonable accommodation of the workplace; and (4) Sheltered work when not applying the current Work Code. Finally, to conclude, and imagine the nature of the gain to expect from the improvement of the law in respect with the Convention, the true achievements in terms of participation of these persons with disabilities to the open labour market are reported.