Stock Incentive Plan And Employee Stock Purchase Plan	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Stock Incentive Plan And Employee Stock Purchase Plan [Abstract]
Stock Incentive Plan And Employee Stock Purchase Plan	Note 10 – Stock Incentive Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan Stock Incentive Plan: At the Company’s annual meeting on June 16, 2010, the shareholders approved the Embassy Bancorp, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan (the “SIP”). The SIP authorizes the Board of Directors, or a committee authorized by the Board of Directors, to award a stock based incentive to (i) designated officers (including officers who are directors) and other designated employees at the Company and its subsidiaries, and (ii) non-employee members of the Board of Directors and advisors and consultants to the Company and its subsidiaries. The SIP provides for stock based incentives in the form of incentive stock options as provided in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and deferred stock awards. The term of the option, the amount of time for the option to vest after grant, if any, and other terms and limitations will be determined at the time of grant. Options granted under the SIP may not have an exercise period that is more than ten years from the time the option is granted. At inception, the aggregate number of shares available for issuance under the SIP was 500,000. The SIP provides for appropriate adjustments in the number and kind of shares available for grant or subject to outstanding awards under the SIP to avoid dilution in the event of merger, stock splits, stock dividends or other changes in the capitalization of the Company. The SIP expires on June 15, 2020. At June 30, 2018 there were 270,559 shares available for issuance under the SIP. The Company grants shares of restricted stock, under the SIP, to certain members of its Board of Directors as compensation for their services, in accordance with the Company’s Non-employee Directors Compensation program adopted in October 2010. The Company also grants restricted stock to certain officers under individual agreements with these officers. Some of these restricted stock awards vest immediately, while the remainder vest over three to nine service years. Management recognizes compensation expense for the fair value of the restricted stock awards on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. Since inception of the plan and through the period ended June 30, 2018, there have been 113,198 awards granted. There were no awards granted during the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. During the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 there were 6,731 and 5,156 awards granted, respectively. The Company recognized compensation expense for restricted stock awards during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2018 of $43 thousand and $107 thousand, and during the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 the Company recognized $24 thousand and $48 thousand, respectively. In December 2016, January 2014, February 2013 and 2012, the Company granted stock options to purchase 4,227, 29,663, 29,742 and 52,611 shares of stock to certain executive officers under individual agreements and/or in accordance with their respective employment agreements. No stock options were granted in 2018, 2017 or 2015. Stock compensation expense related to these options was $1 thousand and $2 thousand for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and $1 thousand and $3 thousand for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively. At June 30, 2018, approximately $7 thousand of unrecognized cost related to these stock options granted in 2016 will be recognized over the next 1.47 years, respectively. Employee Stock Purchase Plan: On January 1, 2017, the Company implemented the Embassy Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which was approved by the Company’s shareholders at the annual meeting held on June 16, 2016. Under the plan, each employee of the Company and its subsidiaries who is employed on an offering date and customarily is scheduled to work at least twenty (20) hours per week and more than five (5) months in a calendar year is eligible to participate. The purchase price for shares purchased under the plan shall initially equal 95% of the fair market value of such shares on the date of purchase. The purchase price may be adjusted from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the discount to fair market value shall not exceed 15%. The Company has authorized 350,000 shares of its common stock for the plan, of which 5,298 shares have been issued as of June 30, 2018. The Company recognized discount expense in relation to the employee stock purchase plan of $1 thousand during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017, respectively.

Note 10 – Stock Incentive Plan and Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Stock Incentive Plan:

At the Company’s annual meeting on June 16, 2010, the shareholders approved the Embassy Bancorp, Inc. 2010 Stock Incentive Plan (the “SIP”). The SIP authorizes the Board of Directors, or a committee authorized by the Board of Directors, to award a stock based incentive to (i) designated officers (including officers who are directors) and other designated employees at the Company and its subsidiaries, and (ii) non-employee members of the Board of Directors and advisors and consultants to the Company and its subsidiaries. The SIP provides for stock based incentives in the form of incentive stock options as provided in Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, non-qualified stock options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock and deferred stock awards. The term of the option, the amount of time for the option to vest after grant, if any, and other terms and limitations will be determined at the time of grant. Options granted under the SIP may not have an exercise period that is more than ten years from the time the option is granted. At inception, the aggregate number of shares available for issuance under the SIP was 500,000. The SIP provides for appropriate adjustments in the number and kind of shares available for grant or subject to outstanding awards under the SIP to avoid dilution in the event of merger, stock splits, stock dividends or other changes in the capitalization of the Company. The SIP expires on June 15, 2020. At June 30, 2018 there were 270,559 shares available for issuance under the SIP.

The Company grants shares of restricted stock, under the SIP, to certain members of its Board of Directors as compensation for their services, in accordance with the Company’s Non-employee Directors Compensation program adopted in October 2010. The Company also grants restricted stock to certain officers under individual agreements with these officers. Some of these restricted stock awards vest immediately, while the remainder vest over three to nine service years. Management recognizes compensation expense for the fair value of the restricted stock awards on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period. Since inception of the plan and through the period ended June 30, 2018, there have been 113,198 awards granted. There were no awards granted during the three months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017. During the six months ended June 30, 2018 and 2017 there were 6,731 and 5,156 awards granted, respectively. The Company recognized compensation expense for restricted stock awards during the three months and six months ended June 30, 2018 of $43 thousand and $107 thousand, and during the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 the Company recognized $24 thousand and $48 thousand, respectively.

In December 2016, January 2014, February 2013 and 2012, the Company granted stock options to purchase 4,227, 29,663, 29,742 and 52,611 shares of stock to certain executive officers under individual agreements and/or in accordance with their respective employment agreements. No stock options were granted in 2018, 2017 or 2015. Stock compensation expense related to these options was $1 thousand and $2 thousand for the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and $1 thousand and $3 thousand for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, respectively. At June 30, 2018, approximately $7 thousand of unrecognized cost related to these stock options granted in 2016 will be recognized over the next 1.47 years, respectively.

Employee Stock Purchase Plan:

On January 1, 2017, the Company implemented the Embassy Bancorp, Inc. Employee Stock Purchase Plan, which was approved by the Company’s shareholders at the annual meeting held on June 16, 2016. Under the plan, each employee of the Company and its subsidiaries who is employed on an offering date and customarily is scheduled to work at least twenty (20) hours per week and more than five (5) months in a calendar year is eligible to participate. The purchase price for shares purchased under the plan shall initially equal 95% of the fair market value of such shares on the date of purchase. The purchase price may be adjusted from time to time by the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the discount to fair market value shall not exceed 15%. The Company has authorized 350,000 shares of its common stock for the plan, of which 5,298 shares have been issued as of June 30, 2018. The Company recognized discount expense in relation to the employee stock purchase plan of $1 thousand during the three and six months ended June 30, 2018 and June 30, 2017, respectively.